Estimate of Sahelian dust emissions in the intertropical discontinuity region of the West African Monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Karam, Diana Bou ^a   Flamant, Cyrille ^a   Tulet, Pierre ^c   Chaboureau, Jean Pierre ^b   Dabas, Alain ^c   Todd, Martin C ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SIMULATORS; WIND;

DUST EMISSION; DUST SOURCES; ENTIRE DOMAIN; MEAN VALUES; MESOSCALE; MODEL DOMAINS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; NIGER; NORTH AFRICA; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; STRONG WINDS; SURFACE WINDS; TOTAL LOAD; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

DUST;

DISCONTINUITY; DUST STORM; ESTIMATION METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SIMULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WIND PROFILE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70349311893     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011444     Document Type: Article

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