Journal
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 7-12Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/asl.335
Keywords
African monsoon; heat low; African easterly jet; convection; atmospheric boundary layer; tropical-extratropical interactions
Funding
- AMMA project
- NERC [NE/G018499/1, NE/G016283/1, ncas10003] Funding Source: UKRI
- Natural Environment Research Council [NE/B505538/1, NE/G018499/1, NE/G016283/1, ncas10003] Funding Source: researchfish
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The major advances achieved during African monsoon multidisciplinary analysis in our physical understanding of the West African monsoon (WAM) system are reviewed. Recent research provides an advanced understanding of key WAM features. The Saharan heat low, the interactions of the monsoon flow with the surface and the reversed flow on top of it, all play a more important role than previously assumed, and interact according to the phase of the diurnal cycle of convection. Recent studies also emphasise the significance of upstream conditions in Central and East Africa, as well as strong interactions between midlatitudes and the WAM. Copyright (C) 2011 Royal Meteorological Society
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