Dust emissions over the Sahel associated with the West African monsoon intertropical discontinuity region: A representative case-study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 632, 2008, Pages 621-634

  Bou Karam, Diana ^a   Flamant, C ^a   Knippertz, P ^b   Reitebuch, O ^c   Pelon, J ^a   Chong, M ^d   Dabas, A ^e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne lidars; AMMA; Density current; Dropsondes; ECMWF analyses; Harmattan

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OPTICAL RADAR; TURBULENCE;

AIRBORNE LIDARS; AMMA; DENSITY CURRENT; DROPSONDES; ECMWF ANALYSES; HARMATTAN;

DUST;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DENSITY CURRENT; DUST; LIDAR; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; RADIATION BUDGET; THERMODYNAMICS;

AFRICA; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 55349117499     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.244     Document Type: Article

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