Observations of the Turkana jet and the east African dry tropics: the RIFTJet field campaign
The Turkana low-level jet (LLJ) is an intrinsic part of the African climate system. It is the
principle conduit for water vapor transport to the African interior from the Indian Ocean, and
droughts in East Africa tend to occur when the jet is strong. The only direct observations of
the Turkana jet come from manual tracking of pilot balloons in the 1980s. Now, modern
reanalysis datasets disagree with one another over the strength of jet winds and
underestimate the strength of the jet by 25%–75% compared to the pilot balloon data. This …
principle conduit for water vapor transport to the African interior from the Indian Ocean, and
droughts in East Africa tend to occur when the jet is strong. The only direct observations of
the Turkana jet come from manual tracking of pilot balloons in the 1980s. Now, modern
reanalysis datasets disagree with one another over the strength of jet winds and
underestimate the strength of the jet by 25%–75% compared to the pilot balloon data. This …
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The Turkana low-level jet (LLJ) is an intrinsic part of the African climate system. It is the
principle conduit for water vapor transport to the African interior from the Indian Ocean, and
droughts in East Africa tend to occur when the jet is strong. The only direct observations of
the Turkana jet come from manual tracking of pilot balloons in the 1980s. Now, modern
reanalysis datasets disagree with one another over the strength of jet winds and
underestimate the strength of the jet by 25%–75% compared to the pilot balloon data. This …
principle conduit for water vapor transport to the African interior from the Indian Ocean, and
droughts in East Africa tend to occur when the jet is strong. The only direct observations of
the Turkana jet come from manual tracking of pilot balloons in the 1980s. Now, modern
reanalysis datasets disagree with one another over the strength of jet winds and
underestimate the strength of the jet by 25%–75% compared to the pilot balloon data. This …
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