The West African Sahel: A Review of Recent Studies on the Rainfall Regime and Its Interannual Variability
Figure 5
(a) Latitudinal transect of mean zonal wind (m s−1) over Africa during January and August (from [57]). The Tropical Easterly Jet and African Easterly Jet are indicated. Westerly winds are shaded. (b) Mean easterly wind speed (m s−1) in August at 600 and 150 hPa, showing the African Easterly Jet and Tropical Easterly Jet, respectively (from [20]).
