Observations of seven African easterly waves in the east Atlantic during 2006

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-43

  Zawislak, Jonathan ^a   Zipser, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; DROPSONDE DATA; EASTERLY WAVE; GLOBAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; LOW-AMPLITUDE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VORTICITY CENTERS; WIND STRUCTURE;

NASA; VORTICITY;

DATA PROCESSING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EASTERLY WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 77953258483     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3118.1     Document Type: Article

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