The impact of a mesoscale convective system cold pool on the northward propagation of the intertropical discontinuity over West Africa

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 135, Issue 638, 2009, Pages 139-159

  Flamant, Cyrille ^a   Knippertz, P ^b   Parker, D J ^c   Chaboureau, J P ^d   Lavaysse, C ^a   Agusti Panareda, A ^e   Kergoat, L ^f  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Airborne lidar; AMMA; Density currents; Dropsondes; ECMWF analyses; Harmattan; Monsoon; SEVIRI imagery

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LIDAR; AMMA; DENSITY CURRENTS; DROPSONDES; ECMWF ANALYSES; HARMATTAN; MONSOON; SEVIRI IMAGERY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; LAKES; MOISTURE; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DENSITY CURRENT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

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

EID: 67649425398     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.357     Document Type: Article

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