Progress in understanding of weather systems in West Africa

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Lafore, J P ^a   Flamant, C ^b   Guichard, F ^a   Parker, D J ^c   Bouniol, D ^a   Fink, A H ^d   Giraud, V ^e   Gosset, M ^f   Hall, N ^g   Holler H ^f   Jones, S C ^h   Protat, A ^f   Roca, R ⁱ   Roux, F ^g   Said F ^g   Thorncroft, C ^j  

^a MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^f IRD and Université de Toulouse ^*

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^h KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^j STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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Author keywords

African easterly jet; African monsoon; Atmospheric boundary layer; Convection; Heat low; Tropical extratropical interactions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; JET STREAM; MONSOON;

CENTRAL AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79952014641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.335     Document Type: Article

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