On the relationship between African easterly waves and the African easterly jet

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2303-2316

  Leroux, Stephanie ^a   Hall, Nicholas M J ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; CONVECTIVE HEATING; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; IDEALIZED MODELS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; WAVE DISTURBANCES;

SHEAR FLOW;

EASTERLY WAVE; HEATING; JET FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; WESTERLY; ZONAL FLOW;

EID: 70349282013     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2988.1     Document Type: Article

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