The precipitation response to the desiccation of Lake Chad

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 664, 2012, Pages 707-719

  Lauwaet, D ^a,b   van Lipzig, N P M ^a   Van Weverberg, K ^a,c   De Ridder, K ^b   Goyens, C ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

ARPS; Lake Chad; Land atmosphere interaction; Mesoscale convective system; Rainfall; Sahel

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; ARPS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; BOUNDARY LAYER AIR; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; CURRENT SITUATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATION; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SAHEL; SEMI ARID; SURFACE AREA; TOTAL PRECIPITATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); RAIN; STORMS;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATURE;

LAKE CHAD;

EID: 84859764205     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.942     Document Type: Article

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