Dry cyclogenesis and dust mobilization in the intertropical discontinuity of the West African Monsoon: A case study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Karam, Diana Bou ^a,e   Flamant, Cyrille ^a,e   Tulet, Pierre ^b,d   Todd, Martin C ^c   Pelon, Jacques ^a,e   Williams, Earle ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURING; DUST; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW;

AIR MASS; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR WITH ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; CYCLOGENESIS; DUST EMISSION; DUST MOBILIZATION; FLOW SPLITTING; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; INFRA RED; INTENSE VORTEX; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; LOW LEVEL JET; MASS FLUX; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOSCALE; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATION; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; NIGER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OROGRAPHIC BLOCKING; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SPACEBORNE OBSERVATIONS; SURFACE WINDS; TIME-SCALE; WEST AFRICA; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

SIMULATORS;

AIR MASS; CYCLOGENESIS; DUST; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOBILIZATION; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SIMULATION; SURFACE WIND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AFRICA; AIR; ALGERIA; HOGGAR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; NORTH AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 65849416271     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010952     Document Type: Article

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