Observations of the nocturnal boundary layer associated with the West African monsoon

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3142-3156

  Bain, Caroline L ^a,f   Parker, Douglas J ^b   Taylor, Christopher M ^c   Kergoat, Laurent ^d   Guichard, Françoise ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d CESBIO   (France)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; LARGE-SCALE MODELS; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MOISTURE FLUXES; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; NOCTURNAL JET; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STRONG INVERSION; TETHERED BALLOON; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

RESEARCH;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; JET; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77958488676     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3287.1     Document Type: Article

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