The Saharan Air Layer And The Fate Of African Easterly Waves: NASA’s AMMA Field Study of Tropical Cyclogenesis

Zipser, E.J., C.H. Twohy, S. Tsay, K.L. Thornhill, S. Tanelli, R. Ross, T.N. Krishnamurti, Q. Ji, G. Jenkins, S. Ismail, C. Hsu, R. Hood, G.M. Heymsfield, A.J. HEYMSFIELD, J. Halverson, M. Goodman, R.A. Ferrare, J.P. Dunion, M. Douglas, R. Cifelli, G. Chen, E. Browell, and B.E. Anderson (2009), The Saharan Air Layer And The Fate Of African Easterly Waves: NASA’s AMMA Field Study of Tropical Cyclogenesis, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1137-1156, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2728.1.
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Research Program
Atmospheric Dynamics and Precipitation Program (ADP)
Radiation Science Program (RSP)
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NAMMA

 

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