Role of the convergence zone over West Africa in controlling Saharan mineral dust load and transport in the boreal summer

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Doherty, Owen M ^a   Riemer, Nicole ^b   Hameed, Sultan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centres of action; Climate; Interannual variability; ITCZ; Saharan mineral dust; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; DUST; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUMMER; TELECONNECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LAKE CHAD; SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84928699170     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v66.23191     Document Type: Article

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