The 7-13 March 2006 dust storm over West Africa: Generation, transport, and vertical stratification

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Tulet, Pierre ^a   Mallet, Marc ^b   Pont, Véronique ^b   Pelon, Jacqües ^c   Boone, Aaron ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST STORM; HAZE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE MODELING;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA; NIGERIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LANDFORMS; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; DESERT DUST; DUST HAZE; DUST LAYER; DUST STORM; GULF OF GUINEA; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE; NIGERIA; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PREDICTION ERRORS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; WEATHER FORECAST MODELS; WEST AFRICA;

DUST;

EID: 59749102937     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009871     Document Type: Article

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