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Analyzing Easterly Waves over Dakar Using Meteorological Data

Explore easterly wave climatologies & track density distributions in meteorological data from various sources, examining factors like rainfall, wind speed, temperature, and OLR. Utilize a shallow water model to study the behavior of easterly waves at specific pressure levels.

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Analyzing Easterly Waves over Dakar Using Meteorological Data

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  1. MONSOONS

  2. 200 hPa

  3. 850 hPa

  4. ps(hPa)

  5. rainfall (mm day-1)

  6. U(ms-1), T(oC) χ(kg s-1)

  7. OLR (W per sq. m)

  8. 850hPa Steady, linear shallow water model

  9. 200hPa 850hPa

  10. 850 hPa

  11. 500hPa 400hPa 850hPa

  12. V(p,t) at Dakar Easterly waves Thorncroft et al., QJRMS, 1994 t (days)

  13. Easterly wave climatologies Track density distributions for EWs: (a) ERA15 + operational analyses, (b) NCEP–NCAR, (c) NCEP–DOE, (d) GEOS-1, and (e) AMIP–NCEP. Track density units are number density per month per unit area as defined in the text. (Hodges et al., JAS,, 2003)

  14. V(p,t) at Dakar Easterly waves Thorncroft et al., QJRMS, 1994 t (days)

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