The impact of a mesoscale convective system cold pool on the northward propagation of the intertropical discontinuity over West Africa

Cyrille Flamant (1) , P. Knippertz (2) , D.J. Parker (3) , Jean-Pierre Chaboureau (4) , Christophe Lavaysse (1) , A. Agusti-Panareda (5) , Laurent Kergoat (6)

1 SPACE - LATMOS
2 IPA - Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre [Mainz]
3 SEE - School of Earth and Environment [Leeds]
4 LAERO - Laboratoire d'aérologie
5 ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
6 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère

Mots clés: density currents; monsoon; harmattan; airborne lidar; dropsondes; ECMWF analyses; SEVIRI imagery; AMMA

Domaines: Météorologie; Physique Atmosphérique et Océanique [physics.ao-ph]

Cyrille Flamant, P. Knippertz, D.J. Parker, Jean-Pierre Chaboureau, Christophe Lavaysse, et al.. The impact of a mesoscale convective system cold pool on the northward propagation of the intertropical discontinuity over West Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2009, 135 (638), pp.139-159. ⟨10.1002/qj.357⟩. ⟨hal-00358608⟩