Journal of Atmospheric Science Research

Abstract:

A statistical analysis of Convective Inhibition (CIN) and Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) is conducted using a six-hourly ERA-Interim dataset for the summer of 2006 over West Africa as part of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) SOP3 Campaign. This study analyses the trends and empirical orthogonal functions (EOF) of CAPE and CIN, along with... More