Multiplatform observations of the seasonal evolution of the Saharan atmospheric boundary layer in Tamanrasset, Algeria, in the framework of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis field campaign conducted in 2006

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Cuesta, Juan ^a   Edouart, Dimitri ^a   Mimouni, Mohamed ^b   Flamant, Pierre H ^a   Loth, Claude ^a   Gibert, Fabien ^a   Marnas, Fabien ^a   Bouklila, Abdelkrim ^b   Kharef, Mohamed ^b   Ouchène, Bouziane ^b   Kadi, Mohamed ^b   Flamant, Cyrille ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b Centre Alger Office National de la Météorologie   (Algeria)

^c INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; HADLEY CELL; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIATION BUDGET; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; SEASONALITY; VISIBILITY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA; TAMANGHASSET; TAMANRASSET;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SUBSIDENCE; TROPOSPHERE;

ALGERIA; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUD COVER; COARSE PARTICLES; COLD POOL; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DIURNAL CYCLE; DRY CONVECTION; DUST TRANSPORT; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROUND-BASED REMOTE SENSING; HADLEY CELLS; HEAT LOW; IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS; LOW LEVEL JET; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; MULTI-PLATFORM; NONUNIFORM; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOURCE REGION; SURFACE INSOLATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 59749095381     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009417     Document Type: Article

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