Overview of observations from the RADAGAST experiment in Niamey, Niger: Meteorology and thermodynamic variables

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Slingo, A ^b   Bharmal, N A ^b   Robinson, G J ^b   Settle, J J ^b   Allan, R P ^b   White, H E ^b   Lamb, P J ^d   Lélé, M Issa ^d   Turner, D D ^f   McFarlane, S ^c   Kassianov, E ^c   Barnard, J ^c   Flynn, C ^c   Miller, M ^a,e  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OPTICAL RADAR; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BROADBAND SATELLITES; DRY SEASONS; GEOSTATIONARY EARTH RADIATION BUDGETS; METEOSAT-8; MOBILE FACILITY; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; NEAR-SURFACE VARIABLES; NIGER; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SPECIAL SECTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC DATA; THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON; WET SEASON;

AIRPORTS;

BROADBAND DATA; CLIMATE MODELING; DRY SEASON; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADAR IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

AFRICA; NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84905349339     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009909     Document Type: Article

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