Elements of the West African Monsoon Circulation Deduced from METEOSAT Cloud Winds and Simultaneous Aircraft Measurements

dc.contributor.author	Desbois, Michel
dc.contributor.author	Pircher, Vincent
dc.contributor.author	Pinty, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned	2017-06-09T13:59:57Z
dc.date.available	2017-06-09T13:59:57Z
dc.date.copyright	1984/01/01
dc.date.issued	1984
dc.identifier.issn	0733-3021
dc.identifier.other	ams-10650.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4145791
dc.description.abstract	Cloud winds derived from the European geostationary satellite METEOSAT for the region of the west African monsoon are validated by DC-7 aircraft measurements for the low levels of the tropical atmosphere. Since the two sets of results are in agreement, it appears that lowest level cumuli as well as stratocumuli can be used as tracers of the actual wind field. The satellite wind fields show a large-scale circulation characterized by two opposite flows in the lower layers: the southwesterly monsoon flow near the sea surface and a northeasterly flow above, at approximately the 2000 m level.
dc.publisher	American Meteorological Society
dc.title	Elements of the West African Monsoon Circulation Deduced from METEOSAT Cloud Winds and Simultaneous Aircraft Measurements
dc.type	Journal Paper
dc.journal.volume	23
dc.journal.issue	1
dc.journal.title	Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
dc.identifier.doi	10.1175/1520-0450(1984)023<0161:EOTWAM>2.0.CO;2
dc.journal.fristpage	161
dc.journal.lastpage	165
dc.tree	Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology:;1984:;volume( 023 ):;issue: 001
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