Characterization of West African Jet Streams and Their Association to ENSO Events and Rainfall in ERA-Interim 1979–2011
Figure 3
Mean wind speed (ms−1) at (a) 200 mb, (b) 600 mb, and (c) 850 mb showing the Tropical Easterly Jet, African Easterly Jet, and low-level African Westerly Jet, respectively. Data are from the ERA-Interim reanalysis for a 32-year period from Jan 1979 to Dec 2011.
