African easterly jet

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The African easterly jet is a mid-tropospheric wind current over North Africa that plays a key role in generating African easterly waves, influencing West African monsoon rainfall and tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic.

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Label	Occurrences
African easterly jet canonical	3

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saharan Air Layer → associatedWith → African easterly jet ⓘ

African easterly waves → drivenBy → African easterly jet ⓘ

African easterly waves → associatedWith → African easterly jet ⓘ