Intermittent African easterly wave activity in a dry atmospheric model: Influence of the extratropics

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5378-5396

  Leroux, Stephanie ^a   Hall, Nicholas M J ^b   Kiladis, George N ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Atmospheric; General circulation models; Monsoons; Summer warm season; Synoptic scale processes; Tropics; Waves

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOONS; SUMMER/WARM SEASON; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESSES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATOLOGY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EASTERLY WAVE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JET; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERTURBATION; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THERMAL CONVECTION;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 80755130520     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00049.1     Document Type: Article

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