Modification of Saharan air layer and environmental shear over the eastern Atlantic Ocean by dust-radiation effects

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Shu Hua ^a   Wang, Sheng Hsiang ^b,c   Waylonis, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; HEATING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DUST DISTRIBUTION; EASTERLY WAVE; LONG WAVES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MODEL-BASED; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; RADIATION INTERACTIONS; RADIATIVE HEATING; SAHARAN AIR LAYERS; TROPICAL STORMS; VERTICAL SHEAR; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST MODELS; ZONAL WIND;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 78249241250     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014158     Document Type: Article

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