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African Easterly Waves

African Easterly Waves is a synoptic-scale atmospheric disturbance characterized by a westward-propagating trough of low pressure embedded within the African Easterly Jet, distinguishing it from other tropical waves by its genesis over eastern Africa and its critical role in the modulation of rainfall and tropical cyclogenesis across the Atlantic basin.

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The Origin and Structure of Easterly Waves in the Lower Troposphere of North Africa

Robert W. Burpee · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1972 · 635 citations · Full text

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The Structure and Properties of African Wave Disturbances as Observed During Phase III of GATE

Richard J. Reed, Donald C. Norquist, Ernest E. Recker · Monthly Weather Review · 1977 · 548 citations · Full text

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A Climatology of Intense (or Major) Atlantic Hurricanes

Christopher W. Landsea · Monthly Weather Review · 1993 · 494 citations · Full text

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African Easterly Wave Variability and Its Relationship to Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Chris D. Thorncroft, Kevin Hodges · Journal of Climate · 2001 · 383 citations · Full text

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The Seasonal Evolution of the Atmospheric Circulation over West Africa and Equatorial Africa

Sharon E. Nicholson, Jeremy P. Grist · Journal of Climate · 2003 · 323 citations · Full text

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  1. CD
    Chris D. Thorncroft

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    33 publications · 3.5K citations

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  2. AA
    Anantha Aiyyer

    North Carolina State University, United States

    10 publications · 573 citations

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  3. AH
    Andreas H. Fink

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

    8 publications · 548 citations

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  4. PK
    Peter Knippertz

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

    8 publications · 536 citations

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  5. SJ
    Serge Janicot

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    8 publications · 671 citations

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Institutions

198

  1. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    27 h-index

    76 publications

    6.5K citations

  2. Albany State University

    Albany, United States

    23 h-index

    67 publications

    5.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    67 publications

    3.6K citations

  4. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    14 h-index

    43 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    28 publications

    3K citations

  6. Météo-France

    Toulouse, France

    12 h-index

    40 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    903 citations

  8. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1K citations

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  1. Monthly Weather Review

    49 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    43 publications · 3.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Climate

    31 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

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