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.