Radar observations of convective system variability in relationship to african easterly waves during the 2006 AMMA special observing period

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4136-4150

  Ferreira, Rosana Nieto ^a   Rickenbach, Thomas ^a   Guy, Nick ^b   Williams, Earle ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES; NIGER; ON TIME; RADAR ANALYSIS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RAIN FRACTIONS; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RELATIVE VORTICITY; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; TROUGH AND RIDGE; TWO-WAY INTERACTION; WEST AFRICA; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

JETS; RADAR; STORMS;

RAIN;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EASTERLY WAVE; JET; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADAR; RAINFALL; SQUALL LINE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; VORTICITY; WIND;

NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 74949124149     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2740.1     Document Type: Article

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