Increased atmospheric moisture may alter critical weather patterns over Africa, making it more difficult for the predecessors of many Atlantic hurricanes to form, according to a new study ...

Moisture Dependence of an African Easterly Wave Within the West African Monsoon System. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems , 2024; 16 (6) DOI: 10.1029/2023MS004070 Cite This Page : ...

The researchers started the experiment by using MPAS to reproduce a moisture-driven African easterly wave that became hurricane Helene in 2006. The team used that base to add or take away moisture ...