The role of Kelvin wave activity on convection and rainfall over tropical Africa

27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mekonnen, Ademe ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SPEED; CASE STUDY APPROACH; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; CONVECTIVE ENVELOPE; DAILY RAINFALL; DATA SETS; DYNAMICAL FIELDS; EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN; ENHANCED CONVECTION; ETHIOPIA; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT ANOMALIES; HEIGHT ANOMALY; KELVIN WAVES; LINEAR THEORY; PREDICTIVE VALUES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON; WESTERN PACIFIC;

GRAVITY WAVES; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

COASTAL ZONES;

EID: 34247602517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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