Tropical Atlantic Hurricanes, Easterly Waves, and West African Mesoscale Convective Systems
Figure 5
Composite cloud coverage ( km2) for the seven events in 2004 (a) and for the five events in 2005 (b). The 700 hPa composite wind vector anomaly calculated from the day when the long-lived MCS is initiated until the day when the easterly wave left the West African coast is also superimposed on the graphics.
