Impact of African orography and the Indian summer monsoon on the low-level Somali jet

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 983-992

  Chakraborty, Arindam ^a   Nanjundiah, Ravi S ^b   Srinivasan, J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

African orography; General circulation model; Indian summer monsoon; Somali jet

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN OROGRAPHY; CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; EAST AFRICANS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT SOURCES; INDIAN MONSOON; INDIAN MONSOON RAINFALL; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; LOW LEVEL JET; MERIDIONAL WINDS; MODELLING STUDIES; SOMALI JET; SOMALIA; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

FLOW SIMULATION; RAIN;

JETS;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET; MONSOON; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SUMMER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67649998632     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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