Regional-scale convection patterns during strong and weak phases of the Saharan heat low

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-264

  Lavaysse, C ^a   Flamant, C ^a   Janicot, S ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

AMMA; Convective activity; Precipitation; Synoptic circulation; West African Monsoon

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; JET; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC COAST [AFRICA]; SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79952776403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.284     Document Type: Article

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