A climatological study of transient–mean-flow interactions over West Africa

作者: Stephanie Leroux , Nicholas M. J. Hall , George N. Kiladis

DOI: 10.1002/QJ.474

关键词: African easterly jetOutgoing longwave radiationConvectionMonsoonEmpirical orthogonal functionsGeologySynoptic scale meteorologyTropical waveMean flowClimatology

摘要: … Intraseasonal variability in the 600 hPa zonal wind … transient activity, the downstream half of the easterly jet is reinforced towards the north. The eddy forcing associated with the transient …

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