Meteorology of Tropical West Africa - The Forecasters' Handbook
Meteorology of Tropical West Africa - The Forecasters' Handbook
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热带西非气象学 - 预报员手册
DOI:
10.1002/9781118391297.ch4
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2017
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Parker D
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Parker D
This chapter considers a set of challenges in weather forecasting for specific geographic locations, such as a particular village, town or airport. It describes some basic principles that relating to the offshore environment. The diurnal pattern of the surface energy balance is the primary control on local weather conditions in West Africa. There is a strong control of African weather by the surface energy balance, and in particular by the sensible and latent heat fluxes of energy from the surface to the atmosphere. In terms of local weather forecasting, the nocturnal jet causes significant wind shear that may require notifications being issued for aviation. Forecasting of daily maximum (Tx) and minimum (Tn) temperatures is a priority in the West African region, for various economic sectors and for the general public. Quantitative temperature prediction involves the integration of different sources of information.