10-25-day intraseasonal variability of convection over the sahel: A role of the Saharan heat low and midlatitudes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 5863-5878

  Roehrig, R ^a   Chauvin, F ^a   Lafore, J P ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Convection; Intraseasonal variability; Monsoons; Rossby waves

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COLD AIR; DISASTER MITIGATION; DRY AND WET; DRY SPELLS; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; EVENT-BASED; EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; HEAT LOW; INTRA-SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; INTRASEASONAL ACTIVITY; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALE; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; MONSOONS; ROSSBY WAVE; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON; WET AND DRY; WET PERIOD;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FORECASTING; OCEAN CURRENTS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COLD AIR; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDE; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EGYPT; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 83755206995     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3960.1     Document Type: Article

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