Observation of the diurnal cycle in the low troposphere of West Africa

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3477-3500

  Lothon, Marie ^a,b   Saïd, Frédérique ^a   Lohou, Fabienne ^a   Campistron, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICAN MONSOON MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; DIURNAL CYCLING; GROUND STATIONS; LOW-LEVEL JET; PROFILER MEASUREMENTS; RADIOSOUNDINGS; WEST-AFRICA; WIND PROFILERS; WIND SPEED;

WATER VAPOR;

DIURNAL VARIATION; JET STREAM; SKEWNESS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WATER VAPOR; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 53649087542     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2427.1     Document Type: Review

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