The impact of convective cold pool outflows on model biases in the Sahara

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1647-1652

  Garcia Carreras, L ^a   Marsham, J H ^a   Parker, D J ^a   Bain, C L ^b   Milton, S ^b   Saci, A ^c   Salah Ferroudj, M ^c   Ouchene, B ^c   Washington, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre Alger Office National de la Météorologie   (Algeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cold pool; parameterisations of convection; Saharan heat low (SHL); West African monsoon (WAM)

Indexed keywords

COLD POOL; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; FORECAST AND ANALYSIS; HEAT LOW; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; REGIONAL IMPACTS; WEATHER AND CLIMATE MODELS; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

DUST; ERRORS; LAKES; RADIOSONDES;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; COLD POOL; DUST; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HUMIDITY; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOSONDE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

SAHARA;

VULPES ZERDA;

EID: 84877995957     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50239     Document Type: Article

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