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Saharan dust, transport processes, and possible impacts on hurricane activities
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Lau, William K. M. Kim, K. M. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | In this paper, we present observational evidence of significant relationships between Saharan dust outbreak, and African Easterly wave activities and hurricane activities. We found two dominant paths of transport of Saharan dust: a northern path, centered at 25degN associated with eastward propagating 6-19 days waves over northern Africa, and a southern path centered at 15degN, associated with the AEW, and the Atlantic ITCZ. Seasons with stronger dust outbreak from the southern path are associated with a drier atmosphere over the Maximum Development Region (MDR) and reduction in tropical cyclone and hurricane activities in the MDR. Seasons with stronger outbreak from the northern path are associated with a cooler N. Atlantic, and suppressed hurricane in the western Atlantic basin. |
| File Size | 35158 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110006355 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5p898b9p |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-12-12 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Tropical Storms Dust Africa Hurricanes Cyclones Seasons Sahara Desert Africa Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
