A one-year study of the diurnal cycle of meteorology, clouds and radiation in the West African Sahel region

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 694, 2016, Pages 16-29

  Collow, Allison B ^a   Ghate, Virendra P ^b   Miller, Mark A ^a   Trabachino, Lynne C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud radiative effect; Diurnal cycle; Lifting condensation level; Radiation budget; Radiative flux divergence; Saharan air layer; West african monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BALLOONS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; DROUGHT; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; DIURNAL CYCLE; LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVELS; RADIATION BUDGET; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SAHARAN AIR LAYERS; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON;

RADIATION;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DIURNAL VARIATION; METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; RADIATION BUDGET; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84957849466     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2623     Document Type: Article

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