@article{fdi:010053188,
  title = {{P}rogress in understanding of weather systems in {W}est {A}frica},
  author = {{L}afore, {J}.{P}. and {F}lamant, {C}. and {G}uichard, {F}. and {P}arker, {D}.{J}. and {B}ouniol, {D}. and {F}ink, {A}.{H}. and {G}iraud, {V}. and {G}osset, {M}arielle and {H}all, {N}. and {H}oller, {H}. and {J}ones, {S}.{C}. and {P}rotat, {A}. and {R}oca, {R}. and {R}oux, {F}. and {S}aid, {F}. and {T}horncroft, {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he major advances achieved during {A}frican monsoon multidisciplinary analysis in our physical understanding of the {W}est {A}frican monsoon ({WAM}) system are reviewed. {R}ecent research provides an advanced understanding of key {WAM} features. {T}he {S}aharan heat low, the interactions of the monsoon flow with the surface and the reversed flow on top of it, all play a more important role than previously assumed, and interact according to the phase of the diurnal cycle of convection. {R}ecent studies also emphasise the significance of upstream conditions in {C}entral and {E}ast {A}frica, as well as strong interactions between midlatitudes and the {WAM}.},
  keywords = {{A}frican monsoon ; heat low ; {A}frican easterly jet ; convection ; atmospheric boundary layer ; tropical-extratropical interactions},
  booktitle = {{M}onsoon {M}ultidisciplinary {A}nalysis ({AMMA}) : an integrated project for understanding of the {W}est {A}frican climate system and its human dimension},
  journal = {{A}tmospheric {S}cience {L}etters},
  volume = {12},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {7--12},
  ISSN = {1530-261{X}},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1002/asl.335},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053188},
}