Influence of the Mediterranean Sea on the West African monsoon: Intraseasonal variability in numerical simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Gaetani, Marco ^a   Fontaine, Bernard ^b   Roucou, Pascal ^b   Baldi, Marina ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; MOISTURE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; DYNAMIC MECHANISM; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HEAT LOW; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MERIDIONAL GRADIENTS; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; MULTI-MODEL; NUMERICAL SENSITIVITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA , LOS ANGELES; WEST AFRICA; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ERITREA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SAHEL [ERITREA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 78650951202     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014436     Document Type: Article

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