African easterly wave dynamics in a mesoscale numerical model: The upscale role of convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1267-1283

  Berry, Gareth J ^a   Thorncroft, Chris D ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Potential vorticity; Synoptic scale processes; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; DEEP CONVECTION; DIABATIC; DIABATIC HEATING; ENERGY CYCLE; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MEAN FIELD; MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODEL; MODEL SIMULATION; NET EFFECT; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHASE SPEED; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SYNOPTIC-SCALE PROCESSES; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WEST AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; TROPICS; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DIABATIC PROCESS; EASTERLY WAVE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA;

EID: 84861469902     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-099.1     Document Type: Article

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