The interaction between deep convection and easterly waves over tropical North Africa: A weather state perspective

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4276-4294

  Mekonnen, Ademe ^a   Rossow, William B ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Deep convection; Fluxes; Moisture moisture budget; Waves atmospheric

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; ARABIAN SEA; ATMOSPHERIC HEATING; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; DATA SETS; DEEP CONVECTION; EAST AFRICA; EASTERLY WAVE; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FLUX CONVERGENCE; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERNATIONAL CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; MERIDIONAL WINDS; NORTH AFRICA; ONE-FORM; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE HEATING; REANALYSIS; WEST AFRICA; WIND ANOMALIES; WIND DIVERGENCE;

CLIMATOLOGY; HEATING; NATURAL CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CONVECTION; EASTERLY WAVE; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RADIATIVE FORCING; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FIELD;

NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 79959684383     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3900.1     Document Type: Article

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