The impact of mesoscale convective systems on the surface and boundary-layer structure in West Africa: Case-studies from the AMMA campaign 2006

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 648, 2010, Pages 566-582

  Schwendike, Juliane ^a   Kalthoff, Norbert ^a   Kohler, Martin ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Recovery time; Sudanian zone; West African monsoon

Indexed keywords

BOWEN RATIO; CASE-STUDIES; CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; RECOVERY TIME; SUMMER MONSOON; SURFACE ANOMALIES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMALLY INDUCED; WEST AFRICA; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER SUPPLY;

STORMS;

ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; BOWEN RATIO; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77953040367     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.599     Document Type: Article

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