Convergence zones and their impact on the initiation of a mesoscale convective system in West Africa

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 665, 2012, Pages 950-963

  Klüpfel, Vera ^a   Kalthoff, Norbert ^a   Gantner, Leonhard ^a   Taylor, Christopher M ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMMA; COSMO simulations; Secondary circulation; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AMMA; BOUNDARY LAYER MEASUREMENTS; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVERGENCE ZONES; COSMO SIMULATIONS; DEEP CONVECTION; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; EXTENDED SURFACES; INHOMOGENEITIES; LOW HUMIDITY; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; SMALL-SCALE MODELING; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WEST AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; NATURAL CONVECTION; STORMS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HUMIDITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SOIL MOISTURE; VORTEX FLOW;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84862205900     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.979     Document Type: Article

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