Tropical storm development from African easterly waves in the Eastern Atlantic: A comparison of two successive waves using a regional model as part of NASA AMMA 2006

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3313-3334

  Vizy, Edward K ^a   Cook, Kerry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CARIBBEAN SEA; CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONIC VORTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SAHARAN AIR LAYERS; TROPICAL STORMS; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DUST; LANDFORMS; NASA; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 73549104308     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3064.1     Document Type: Article

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