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Mean climate and seasonal cycle. / Fink, Andreas H.; Engel, Thomas; Ermert, Volker; Van Der Linden, Roderick; Schneidewind, Malvin; Redl, Robert; Afiesimama, Ernest; Thiaw, Wassila M.; Yorke, Charles; Evans, Matthew; Janicot, Serge.
Meteorology of Tropical West Africa: The Forecasters' Handbook. Wiley, 2017. p. 1-39.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Mean climate and seasonal cycle
AU - Fink, Andreas H.
AU - Engel, Thomas
AU - Ermert, Volker
AU - Van Der Linden, Roderick
AU - Schneidewind, Malvin
AU - Redl, Robert
AU - Afiesimama, Ernest
AU - Thiaw, Wassila M.
AU - Yorke, Charles
AU - Evans, Matthew
AU - Janicot, Serge
PY - 2017/2/8
Y1 - 2017/2/8
N2 - This chapter introduces the physical and meteorological conditions that define the climate of West Africa on the continental scale. Two of the most important climatic surface variables in West Africa are rainfall (P) and actual evapotranspiration (ET). A common approach to infer reasonable patterns of ET is to force an ensemble of land surface models with observed rainfall, radiation and other reanalysed surface meteorological variables. The inland penetration of the West African monsoon (WAM) in the summer months is determined by the recycling of water at the surface, through P-ET, and by the horizontal transport and mixing of water vapour and clouds in the atmosphere. The chapter continues with observables closely tied to the energy and bio-terrestrial water cycle of the WAM. Finally, it deals with climatologies of some classical surface observables recorded at weather stations, such as pressure, temperature, humidity and wind.
AB - This chapter introduces the physical and meteorological conditions that define the climate of West Africa on the continental scale. Two of the most important climatic surface variables in West Africa are rainfall (P) and actual evapotranspiration (ET). A common approach to infer reasonable patterns of ET is to force an ensemble of land surface models with observed rainfall, radiation and other reanalysed surface meteorological variables. The inland penetration of the West African monsoon (WAM) in the summer months is determined by the recycling of water at the surface, through P-ET, and by the horizontal transport and mixing of water vapour and clouds in the atmosphere. The chapter continues with observables closely tied to the energy and bio-terrestrial water cycle of the WAM. Finally, it deals with climatologies of some classical surface observables recorded at weather stations, such as pressure, temperature, humidity and wind.
KW - Bio-terrestrial water cycle
KW - Evapotranspiration climatology
KW - Rainfall climatology
KW - Seasonal cycle
KW - Water vapour
KW - Weather stations
KW - West African climate
KW - West African monsoon
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85035758128&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/9781118391297.ch1
DO - 10.1002/9781118391297.ch1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85035758128
SN - 9781118391303
SP - 1
EP - 39
BT - Meteorology of Tropical West Africa
PB - Wiley
ER -