African easterly waves and their association with precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Gu, Guojun ^a,b   Adler, Robert F ^b   Huffman, George J ^b,c   Curtis, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

African easterly waves; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 2642576657     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd003967     Document Type: Article

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