Saharan dust, lightning and tropical cyclones in the eastern tropical Atlantic during NAMMA-06

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Jenkins, Gregory S ^a   Pratt, Aaron ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DUST; ICE; LIGHTNING; NASA; SEPARATION; STORMS;

ATLANTIC; CLOUD SYSTEMS; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; SAHARAN DUST; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

TROPICS;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CYCLOGENESIS; DUST; EASTERLY WAVE; HURRICANE EVENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 50849100748     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033979     Document Type: Article

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