Comparative Study of the West African Continental, Coastal, and Marine Atmospheric Profiles during the Summer of 2006

Table 2

Characteristic parameters of continental (Niamey), coastal (Dakar), and marine (Sal) boundary layers at 1200 UTC for respective case studies.

Variable	Niamey	Dakar	Sal
	1200 UTC	1200 UTC	1200 UTC
ℎ0 (m)	1100	200	0
ℎ𝑠 (m)	0	0	0
ℎ2 (m)	1700	600	550
Δℎ (m)	600	200	550
Δ𝜃 (K)	1	3	6
𝜃𝑚 (K)	306	301	—
𝜃00 (K)	306,5	302	307,5
γ (K·km^−1)	8,5	22,5	8,1