The response of the tropical Atlantic and West African climate to Saharan dust in a fully coupled GCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7071-7092

  Strong, Jeffrey D O ^a   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^b   Ginoux, Paul ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Atlantic Ocean; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Coupled models; Dust or dust storms; Hydrologic cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; ENTHALPY; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STORMS; TROPICS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; COUPLED MODELS; DUST OR DUST STORMS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES;

DUST;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; AEROSOL; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DUST; DUST STORM; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OCEANIC CURRENT; RADIATIVE FORCING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SAHARA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84958085601     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00797.1     Document Type: Article

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