A northward shift of the north atlantic ocean intertropical convergence zone in response to summertime saharan dust outbreaks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Wilcox, Eric M ^a   Lau, K M ^a   Kim, Kyu Myong ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; ABSORBING AEROSOL; ASIAN MONSOON; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATIONS; DUST LAYER; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; HEAT PUMPS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; RADIATIVE HEATING; SAHARAN DUST; SOLAR FORCING; TROPOSPHERIC WARMING; WARM ADVECTION; WARM TEMPERATURES; ZONAL WIND; AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AEROSOLS; JETS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIANT HEATING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; COOLING; DUST STORM; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NET RADIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SAHARA;

EID: 77649097624     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041774     Document Type: Article

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