Characterization of the diurnal cycle of the West African monsoon around the monsoon onset

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4014-4032

  Sultan, Benjamin ^a   Janicot, Serge ^a   Drobinski, Philippe ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION; JETS; WIND;

DIURNAL CYCLE; SPACE-TIME VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MONSOON; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34548147104     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4218.1     Document Type: Article

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