Northwest Africa - A Climatological Study,

Abstract

A climatological study of Northwest Africa, including Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, and the northern parts of Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. After describing the general geography of land areas in Northwest Africa, the major meteorological features of the entire study area are discussed. The geography and major climatic controls of each of the two 'climatic commonality' regions that constitute Northwest Africa are outlined in separate chapters, with a detailed description of each 'season,' including typical weather, clouds, visibility, winds, precipitation, temperature, and additional hazards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA315337

Entities

People

  • Christopher A. Donahue
  • John W. Louer Iii
  • Kenneth P. Cloys
  • Kenneth R. Walters Sr.
  • Luke D. Whitney

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Clouds
  • Coastal Regions
  • Drops
  • Forests
  • Geography
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Meteorology
  • Ridges
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Climatology
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.