African Easterly Waves
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- Languages: English, Spanish
- Publish Date: 2012-11-27
- Last Updated On: 2014-07-02
- Skill Level: 2
- Completion Time: 1.00 - 1.25 h
- Includes Audio: no
- Required Plugins: Flash
- Topics:
Convective Weather, Tropical/Hurricanes - Included in Courses:
Review of Aeronautical Meteorology - Africa, Tropical Aviation Forecasting -
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At the end of this module, learners should be able to:
- Describe the horizontal and vertical structure, speed, and frequency of African easterly waves
- Describe their geographic location and seasonal cycle
- Describe their typical lifecycle over Africa
- Explain the theories for their formation
- Describe the relationship between easterly waves and deep convection
- Describe the hazards associated with easterly waves
- Describe at least three methods of identifying and tracking easterly waves
- Describe their transformation and impacts as they move downstream to the Atlantic, Caribbean, and East Pacific
