The West African Sahel is well known for the severe droughts that ravaged the region in the
1970s and 1980s. Meteorological research on the region has flourished during the last …

Automatic tracking of vorticity centers in European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts analyses has been used to develop a 20-yr climatology of African easterly wave …

This article presents an overview of the land ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) over
West Africa, based on analysis of NCAR–NCEP Reanalysis data. The picture that emerges …

Three-Dimensional Structure and Dynamics of African Easterly Waves. Part I: Observations in:
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume 63 Issue 9 (2006) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

This study investigates the spatiotemporal variability of the relationship between African
Easterly Waves (AEWs) and the lifecycle and characteristics of Squall Lines (SLs) over West …

A Comparison of Recent Reanalysis Datasets Using Objective Feature Tracking: Storm Tracks
and Tropical Easterly Waves in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 131 Issue 9 (2003) Jump to …

Case Study of an Intense African Easterly Wave in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 133
Issue 4 (2005) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo …

The association between convection and African easterly wave (AEW) activity over tropical
Africa and the tropical Atlantic during the boreal summer is examined using satellite …

The propagation and diurnal cycle of organized convection in northern tropical Africa are
examined using five years (1999–2003) of digital infrared imagery for May–August …

Easterly waves (EWs) are prominent features of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ),
found in both the Atlantic and Pacific during the Northern Hemisphere summer and fall …