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Aerial explorations of the low‐level cross‐equatorial current over eastern Africa
Author(s) -
Findlater J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709841604
Subject(s) - current (fluid) , air current , radar , geology , wind shear , divergence (linguistics) , doppler radar , meteorology , core (optical fiber) , geodesy , atmospheric sciences , climatology , environmental science , geography , wind speed , oceanography , physics , aerospace engineering , linguistics , philosophy , optics , engineering
An instrumented light aircraft has been used to investigate the low‐level cross‐equatorial current over eastern Africa. Using Doppler radar wind‐finding equipment the core of the current has been located and explored on four separate days, and the main features of wind, temperature, cloud and moisture content distribution have been determined. Mean fields of horizontal and vertical shear have been derived, and patterns of divergence and vertical motion around the core of the current have been deduced.