On the late northward propagation of the west African monsoon in summer 2006 in the region of Niger/Mali

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Drobinski, P ^a   Bastin, S ^b   Janicot, S ^c   Bock, O ^b,c   Dabas, A ^d   Delville, P ^e   Reitebuch, O ^f   Sultan, B ^c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^f GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; WATER ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; MESOSCALE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; NIGER; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; REDUCED GRAVITY; SHALLOW WATER THEORY; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA SET; EASTERLY WAVE; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; MALI; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 68249088634     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011159     Document Type: Article

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