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V. S. N. Murty V. Ramesh Babu L. V. G. Rao Charuta V. Prabhu V. Tilvi 《Journal of Earth System Science》2000,109(2):267-277
Time-series data on upper-ocean temperature, Vessel-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (VM-ADCP) measured currents
and surface meteorological parameters have been obtained for the first time in the southern Bay of Bengal at 7‡N, 10‡N, and
13‡N locations along 87‡E during October–November, 1998 under BOBMEX-Pilot programme. These data have been analysed to examine
the diurnal variability of upper oceanic heat budget and to estimate the eddy diffusivity coefficient of heat in the upper
layer. Diurnal variation of near-surface temperature is typical at northern location (13‡N) with a range of 0.5‡C while the
diurnal range of temperature is enhanced to 0.8‡C at the central location (10‡N) due to intense solar radiation (1050 W/m2), clear skies and low wind speeds. At the southern location (7‡N), the diurnal variation of temperature is atypical with
the minimum temperature occurring at 2000 hrs instead of at early morning hours. In general, the diurnal curve of temperature
penetrated up to 15 to 20 m with decreasing diurnal range with depth. The VM-ADCP measured horizontal currents in the upper
ocean were predominantly easterly/northeasterly at southern location, north/northerly at central location and northwesterly
at northern location, thus describing a large-scale cyclonic gyre with the northward meridional flow along 87‡E. The magnitudes
of heat loss at the surface due to air-sea heat exchanges and in the upper 50 m layer due to vertical diffusion of heat are
highest at the southern location where intense convective activity followed by overcast skies and synoptic disturbance prevailed
in the lower atmosphere. This and the estimated higher value (0.0235 m2/s) of eddy diffusivity coefficient of heat in the upper ocean (0–50 m depth) suggest that 1-D processes controlled the upper
layer heat budget at the southern location. On the other hand, during the fair weather conditions, at the central and northern
locations, the upper layer gained heat energy, while the sea surface lost (gained) heat energy at northern (central) location.
This and lower values of eddy diffusivity coefficient of heat (0.0045 and 0.0150 m2/s) and the northward intensification of horizontal currents at these locations suggest the greater role of horizontal heat
advection over the 1-D processes in the upper ocean heat budget at these two locations. 相似文献
2.
Praveena Krishnan P. K. Kunhikrishnan S. Muraleedharan Nair Sudha Ravindran Radhika Ramachandran D. B. Subrahamanyam M. Venkata Ramana 《Journal of Earth System Science》2004,113(3):353-363
This paper discusses the observations of the Atmospheric Surface Layer (ASL) parameters during the solar eclipse of August
11th, 1999. Intensive surface layer experiments were conducted at Ahmedabad (23‡21′N, 72‡36′E), the western part of India,
which was close to the totality path. This rare event provided by nature is utilised to document the surface layer effects
during the eclipse period using measurements of high frequency fluctuations of temperature, tri-axial wind components as well
as mean parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind speed and subsoil temperature. Analysis showed that during the eclipse
period, the turbulence parameters were affected leading to the suppression of the turbulence process, the main dynamic process
in the atmospheric boundary layer, while the mean parameters showed variations within the natural variability of the observational
period. The spectra of the wind components and temperature indicated decrease in spectral power by one order in magnitude
during the eclipse period. The rate of dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy is found to decrease by more than one order
during the eclipse period. The stability parameter showed a change from unstable to stable condition during the period of
eclipse and back to unstable condition by the end of eclipse 相似文献
3.
The Monsoon Trough Boundary Layer Experiment held in 1990 was a multi-institutional effort to probe the atmospheric boundary
layer over the monsoon trough over northern India. For this experiment, four micrometeorological towers were set up at four
different locations along the normal position of the trough. One such tower of 30m height was located at Jodhpur (26‡18′N,
73‡04′E), Rajasthan. The fast and slow response data available during the experiment have been used in the present study to
determine a suitable layer-structure of the surface layer for evaluation of sensible heat flux using the multilayer hypothesis
of Kramm (1989). 相似文献
4.
The stretched-coordinate ocean general circulation model has been designed to study the observed variability due to wind and
thermodynamic forcings. The model domain extends from 60‡N to 60‡S and cyclically continuous in the longitudinal direction.
The horizontal resolution is 5‡ x 5‡ and 9 discrete vertical levels. First a spin-up experiment has been done with ECMWF-AMIP
1979 January mean fields. The wind stress, ambient atmospheric temperature, evaporation and precipitation have been used in
order to derive mechanical and thermodynamical surface forcings. Next, the experiment has been extended for another 30 years
(3 cycles each of 10 year period) with varying surface boundary conditions (from January 1979 to December 1988 of ECMWF-AMIP
monthly fields for each cycle) along with 120 years extended spin-up control run's results as initial conditions. The results
presented here are for the last 10 years simulations. The preliminary results of this experiment show that the model is capable
of simulating some of the general features and the pattern of interannual variability of the ocean. 相似文献
5.
V. N. Nijampurkar D. K. Rao H. B. Clausen M. K. Kaul A. Chaturvedi 《Journal of Earth System Science》2002,111(1):39-49
The depth profiles of electrical conductance, δ18O,210Pb and cosmogenic radio isotopes10Be and36Cl have been measured in a 30 m ice core from east Antarctica near the Indian station, Dakshin Gangotri. Using210Pb and δ18O, the mean annual accumulation rates have been calculated to be 20 and 21 cm of ice equivalent per year during the past ∼
150 years. Using these acumulation rates, the volcanic event that occurred in 1815 AD, has been identified based on electrical
conductance measurements. Based on δ18O measurements, the mean annual surface air temperatures (MASAT) data observed during the last 150 years indicates that the
beginning of the 19th century was cooler by about 2‡ C than the recent past and the middle of 18th century. The fallout of
cosmogenic radio isotope10Be compares reasonably well with those obtained on other stations (73‡ S to 90‡ S) from Antarctica and higher latitudes beyond
77‡N. The fallout of36Cl calculated based on the present work agrees well with the mean global production rate estimated earlier by Lal and Peters
(1967). The bomb pulse of36Cl observed in Greenland is not observed in the present studies – a result which is puzzling and needs to be studied on neighbouring
ice cores from the same region. 相似文献
6.
Meteorological fields variability over the Indian seas in pre and summer monsoon months during extreme monsoon seasons 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
U. C. Mohanty R. Bhatla P. V. S. Raju O. P. Madan A. Sarkar 《Journal of Earth System Science》2002,111(3):365-378
In this study, the possible linkage between summer monsoon rainfall over India and surface meteorological fields (basic fields
and heat budget components) over monsoon region (30‡E-120‡E, 30‡S30‡N) during the pre-monsoon month of May and summer monsoon
season (June to September) are examined. For this purpose, monthly surface meteorological fields anomaly are analyzed for
42 years (1958-1999) using reanalysis data of NCEP/NCAR (National Center for Environmental Prediction/National Center for
Atmospheric Research). The statistical significance of the anomaly (difference) between the surplus and deficient monsoon
years in the surface meteorological fields are also examined by Student’s t-test at 95% confidence level.
Significant negative anomalies of mean sea level pressure are observed over India, Arabian Sea and Arabian Peninsular in the
pre-monsoon month of May and monsoon season. Significant positive anomalies in the zonal and meridional wind (at 2 m) in the
month of May are observed in the west Arabian Sea off Somali coast and for monsoon season it is in the central Arabian Sea
that extends up to Somalia. Significant positive anomalies of the surface temperature and air temperature (at 2 m) in the
month of May are observed over north India and adjoining Pakistan and Afghanistan region. During monsoon season this region
is replaced by significant negative anomalies. In the month of May, significant positive anomalies of cloud amount are observed
over Somali coast, north Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal and Bangladesh. During monsoon season, cloud amount shows
positive anomalies over NW India and north Arabian Sea.
There is overall reduction in the incoming shortwave radiation flux during surplus monsoon years. A higher magnitude of latent
heat flux is also found in surplus monsoon years for the month of May as well as the monsoon season. The significant positive
anomaly of latent heat flux in May, observed over southwest Arabian Sea, may be considered as an advance indicator of the
possible behavior of the subsequent monsoon season. The distribution of net heat flux is predominantly negative over eastern
Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. Anomaly between the two extreme monsoon years in post 1980 (i.e., 1988 and 1987)
shows that shortwave flux, latent heat flux and net heat flux indicate reversal in sign, particularly in south Indian Ocean.
Variations of the heat budget components over four smaller sectors of Indian seas, namely Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and west
Indian Ocean and east Indian Ocean show that a small sector of Arabian Sea is most dominant during May and other sectors showing
reversal in sign of latent heat flux during monsoon season. 相似文献
7.
Satellite-derived sea-ice extent in the Indian Ocean Sector during the period November 1978 to December 2006 was studied in
relation to the atmospheric forcing and oceanic thermohaline structure. The study revealed that sea-ice extent increased when
the ocean exhibited higher stability. Low sea-ice extent was observed during 1985 to 1993, when the zonal winds and latent
flux was relatively weak and when the ocean exhibited strong vertical mixing facilitated by low stability thereby, deepening
the mixed layer to ∼250 m. This was reflected in the ocean surface layer temperature, which was relatively warm (−0.3°C).
Winds increased during 1996 to 2000, but due to higher oceanic stability mixed layer depth shallowed (< 200 m) leading to
reduced vertical mixing of deep warmer layers with the surface water, leading to an enhancement in the sea-ice extent. 相似文献
8.
V. Ramesh Babu V. S. N. Murty L. V. G. Rao C. V. Prabhu V. Tilvi 《Journal of Earth System Science》2000,109(2):255-265
Hydrographic data collected on board ORV Sagar Kanya in the southern Bay of Bengal during the BOBMEX-Pilot programme (October–November
1998) have been used to describe the thermohaline structure and circulation in the upper 200 m water column of the study region.
The presence of seasonal Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) over the study area, typically characterized with enhanced
cloudiness and flanked by the respective east/northeast winds on its northern part and west/southwest winds on its southern
part, has led to net surface heat loss of about 55 W/m2. The sea surface dynamic topography relative to 500 db shows that the upper layer circulation is characterised by a cyclonic
gyre encompassing the study area. The eastward flowing Indian Monsoon Current (IMC) between 5‡N and 7‡N in the south and its
northward branching along 87‡E up to 13‡N appear to feed the cyclonic gyre. The Vessel-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
(VM-ADCP) measured currents confirm the presence of the cyclonic gyre in the southern Bay of Bengal during the withdrawing
phase of the southwest monsoon from the northern/central parts of the Bay of Bengal. 相似文献
9.
J. Swain R. K. Shukla A. Raghunadha Rao J. K. Panigrahi N. R. Venkitachalam 《Journal of Earth System Science》2003,112(2):255-266
Time-series wind and wave measurements were carried out onboard INS Sagardhwani in the central Bay of Bengal during BOBMEX-99.
Various other marine meteorological and oceanographic measurements relevant to monsoon studies were also collected simultaneously.
The observed variations of wind and waves and the associated mixed layer depth (MLD) variability based on both temperature
and density criteria at 3 hourly intervals are presented in this paper as a case study. At the time-series location (13‡N,
87‡E) wind varied between 6 and 16m/s and the predominant direction was southwesterly. The significant wave height and period
varied from 1.9 to 3.7m and 8 to 13 s respectively. Some of the available statistical predictive methods for the determination
of MLD by forced mixing are utilized to test the extent of mechanical mixing within the top layer of water by the local wind
and wave activity. The same is extended to formulate a new empirical relation for gross estimation of effective depth within
which the sound energy is generally trapped during its transmission in the surface duct. The present analysis aiming for estimation
of observed MLD variability (35 to 75 m) using the suggested simple empirical relation reveals that, the mixed layer variability
observed during the experiment depends on both local ocean variability as well as remote forcing as reported earlier. 相似文献
10.
Surface energy balance of seasonal snow cover for snow-melt estimation in N-W Himalaya 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Prem Datt P. K. Srivastava P. S. Negi P. K. Satyawali 《Journal of Earth System Science》2008,117(5):567-573
This study describes time series analysis of snow-melt, radiation data and energy balance for a seasonal snow cover at Dhundi
field station of SASE, which lies in Pir Panjal range of the N-W Himalaya, for a winter season from 13 January to 12 April
2005. The analysis shows that mean snow surface temperature remains very close to the melting temperature of snow. It was
found close to −1°C for the complete observational period which makes the snow pack at Dhundi moist from its beginning. The
average air temperature over this period was found to be 3.5°C with hourly average variation from −5.5°C to 13°C. The snow
surface at this station received a mean short wave radiation of 430W m−2, out of which 298W m−2 was reflected back by the snow surface with mean albedo value of 0.70. The high average temperature and more absorption of
solar radiation resulted in higher thermal state of the snowpack which was further responsible for faster and higher densification
of the snowpack. Net radiation energy was the major component of surface energy budget with a mean value of 83W m−2. Bulk transfer model was used to calculate turbulent fluxes. The net energy was utilized for satisfying cold content and
snow-melt by using measured snow surface temperature and density of snow pack. The mean square error between calculated and
measured daily snow-melt was found to be approximately 6.6mm of water equivalent. 相似文献
11.
Randhir Singh B. G. Vasudevan P. K. Pal P. C. Joshi 《Journal of Earth System Science》2004,113(1):89-101
Microwave sensor MSMR (Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer) data onboard Oceansat-1 was used for retrieval of monthly
averages of near surface specific humidity (Q
a) and air temperature (T
a) by means of Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The MSMR measures the microwave radiances in 8 channels at frequencies of 6.6,
10.7, 18 and 21 GHz for both vertical and horizontal polarizations.
The artificial neural networks (ANN) technique is employed to find the transfer function relating the input MSMR observed
brightness temperatures and output (Q
a andT
a) parameters. Input data consist of nearly 28 months (June 1999 – September 2001) of monthly averages of MSMR observed brightness
temperature and surface marine observations ofQ
a
andT
a
from Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS).
The performance of the algorithm is assessed with independent surface marine observations. The results indicate that the combination
of MSMR observed brightness temperatures as input parameters provides reasonable estimates of monthly averaged surface parameters.
The global root mean square (rms) differences are 1.0‡C and 1.1 g kg−1 for air temperature and surface specific humidity respectively. 相似文献
12.
Matthew Simpson Sethu Raman R. Suresh U. C. Mohanty 《Journal of Earth System Science》2008,117(6):897-909
Doppler radar derived wind speed and direction profiles showed a well developed sea breeze circulation over the Chennai, India
region on 28 June, 2003. Rainfall totals in excess of 100 mm resulted from convection along the sea breeze front. Inland propagation
of the sea breeze front was observed in radar reflectivity imagery. High-resolution MM5 simulations were used to investigate
the influence of Chennai urban land use on sea breeze initiated convection and precipitation. A comparison of observed and
simulated 10m wind speed and direction over Chennai showed that the model was able to simulate the timing and strength of
the sea breeze. Urban effects are shown to increase the near surface air temperature over Chennai by 3.0K during the early
morning hours. The larger surface temperature gradient along the coast due to urban effects increased onshore flow by 4.0m
s−1. Model sensitivity study revealed that precipitation totals were enhanced by 25mm over a large region 150 km west of Chennai
due to urban effects. Deficiency in model physics related to night-time forecasts are addressed. 相似文献
13.
G. S. Bhat 《Journal of Earth System Science》2003,112(2):131-146
This paper describes the near surface characteristics and vertical variations based on the observations made at 17.5‡N and
89‡E from ORV Sagar Kanya in the north Bay of Bengal during the Bay of Bengal Monsoon Experiment (BOBMEX) carried out in July–August
1999. BOBMEX captured both the active and weak phases of convection. SST remained above the convection threshold throughout
the BOBMEX. While the response of the SST to atmospheric forcing was clearly observed, the response of the atmosphere to SST
changes was not clear. SST decreased during periods of large scale precipitation, and increased during a weak phase of convection.
It is shown that the latent heat flux at comparable wind speeds was about 25–50% lower over the Bay during BOBMEX compared
to that over the Indian Ocean during other seasons and tropical west Pacific. On the other hand, the largest variations in
the surface daily net heat flux are observed over the Bay during BOBMEX. SST predicted using observed surface fluxes showed
that 1-D heat balance model works sometime but not always, and horizontal advection is important. The high resolution Vaisala
radiosondes launched during BOBMEX could clearly bring out the changes in the vertical structure of the atmosphere between
active and weak phases of convection. Convective Available Potential Energy of the surface air decreased by 2–3 kJ kg-1 following convection, and recovered in a time period of one or two days. The mid tropospheric relative humidity and water
vapor content, and wind direction show the major changes between the active and weak phases of convection. 相似文献
14.
Daily zenith scattered light intensity observations were carried out in the morning twilight hours using home-made UV-visible
spectrometer over the tropical station Pune (18‡31′, 73‡51′) for the years 2000–2003. These observations are obtained in the
spectral range 462–498 nm for the solar zenith angles (SZAs) varying from 87‡ to 91.5‡. An algorithm has been developed to
retrieve vertical profiles of ozone (O3) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from ground-based measurements using the Chahine iteration method. This retrieval method has been checked using measured
and recalculated slant column densities (SCDs) and they are found to be well matching. O3 and NO2 vertical profiles have been retrieved using a set of their air mass factors (AMFs) and SCDs measured over a range of 87–91.5‡
SZA during the morning. The vertical profiles obtained by this method are compared with Umkehr profiles and ozonesondes and
they are found to be in good agreement. The bulk of the column density is found near layer 20–25 km. Daily total column densities
(TCDs) of O3 and NO2 along with their stratospheric and tropospheric counterparts are derived using their vertical profiles for the period 2000–2003.
The total column, stratospheric column and tropospheric column amounts of both trace gases are found to be maximum in summer
and minimum in the winter season. Increasing trend is found in column density of NO2 in stratospheric, tropospheric and surface layers, but no trend is observed in O3 columns for above layers during the period 2000–2003 相似文献
15.
Keming Tian Jingshi Liu Shichang Kang Iain B. Campbell Fei Zhang Qianggong Zhang Wei Lu 《Environmental Geology》2009,57(8):1775-1784
Hydrothermal processes and the regimes of frozen soil formed in alpine regions with glaciers and lake area are complex and
important for ecological environment but have not been studied in Tibet. Based on soil temperature and moisture data from
October 2005 to September 2006 collected in the Nam Co lake basin, Tibetan Plateau (TP), those questions were discussed. The
mean annual air temperature was −3.4°C with 8 months below 0°C. Air and soil temperature varied between −25.3~13.1°C and −10.3~8.8°C,
respectively. Soil moisture variations in the active layer were small with the minimum value of 1.4%, but were influenced
greatly by snowmelt, rainfall and evaporation, varying up to 53.8%. The active layer froze later, thawed earlier and was thinner,
however, the lower altitude limit of permafrost is higher than that in most areas of TP. The effects of soil moisture (unfrozen
water content) on soil temperature, which were estimated through proposed models, were more significant near ground surface
than the other layers. The surface soil temperature decreased with snowcover, the effect of cold snow meltwater infiltration
on soil thermal conditions was negligible, however, the effect of rainfall infiltration was evident causing thermal disruptions. 相似文献
16.
The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of a surface data assimilation (SDA) technique, together with the
traditional four-dimensional data assimilation (FDDA), on the simulation of a monsoon depression that formed over India during
the field phase of the 1999 Bay of Bengal Monsoon Experiment (BOBMEX). The SDA uses the analyzed surface data to continuously
assimilate the surface layer temperature as well as the water vapor mixing ratio in the mesoscale model. The depression for
the greater part of this study was offshore and since successful application of the SDA would require surface information,
a method of estimating surface temperature and surface humidity using NOAA-TOVS satellites was used. Three sets of numerical
experiments were performed using a coupled mesoscale model. The first set, called CONTROL, uses the NCEP (National Center
for Environmental Prediction) reanalysis for the initial and lateral boundary conditions in the MM5 simulation. The second
and the third sets implemented the SDA of temperature and moisture together with the traditional FDDA scheme available in
the MM5 model. The second set of MM5 simulation implemented the SDA scheme only over the land areas, and the third set extended
the SDA technique over land as well as sea. Both the second and third sets of the MM5 simulation used the NOAA-TOVS and QuikSCAT
satellite and conventional upper air and surface meteorological data to provide an improved analysis. The results of the three
sets of MM5 simulations are compared with one another and with the analysis and the BOBMEX 1999 buoy, ship, and radiosonde
observations. The predicted sea level pressure of both the model runs with assimilation resembles the analysis closely and
also captures the large-scale structure of the monsoon depression well. The central sea level pressures of the depression
for both the model runs with assimilation were 2–4 hPa lower than the CONTROL. The results of both the model runs with assimilation
indicate a larger spatial area as well as increased rainfall amounts over the coastal regions after landfall compared with
the CONTROL. The impact of FDDA and SDA, the latter over land, resulted in reduced errors of the following: 1.45 K in temperature,
0.39 m s−1 in wind speed, and 14° in wind direction compared with the BOBMEX buoy observation, and 1.43 m s−1 in wind speed, 43° in wind direction, and 0.75% in relative humidity compared with the CONTROL. The impact of SDA over land
and sea compared with SDA over land only showed a further marginal reduction of errors: 0.23 K in air temperature (BOBMEX
buoy) and 1.33 m s−1 in wind speed simulations. 相似文献
17.
A case study of atmospheric boundary layer features during winter over a tropical inland station — Kharagpur (22.32°N, 87.32°E) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Denny P. Alappattu P. K. Kunhikrishnan Marina Aloysius M. Mohan 《Journal of Earth System Science》2009,118(4):281-293
The local weather and air quality over a region are greatly influenced by the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) structure and
dynamics. ABL characteristics were measured using a tethered balloon-sonde system over Kharagpur (22.32°N, 87.32°E, 40m above
MSL), India, for the period 7 December 2004 to 30 December 2004, as a part of the Indian Space Research Organization-Geosphere
Biosphere Program (ISRO-GBP) Aerosol Land Campaign II. High-resolution data of pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed
and wind direction were archived along with surface layer measurements using an automatic weather station. This paper presents
the features of ABL, like ABL depth and nocturnal boundary layer (NBL) depth. The sea surface winds from Quikscat over the
oceanic regions near the experiment site were analyzed along with the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis winds over Kharagpur to estimate
the convergence of wind, moisture and vorticity to understand the observed variations in wind speed and relative humidity,
and also the increased aerosol concentrations. The variation of ventilation coefficient (V C), a factor determining the air pollution potential over a region, is also discussed in detail. 相似文献
18.
Thermodynamic structure of the marine atmosphere in the region between 80 and 87‡E along 13‡N over the Bay of Bengal was studied
using 13 high resolution radiosonde profiles from surface-400 hPa collected onboard ORV Sagar Kanya during the period 27th–30th
August, during BOBMEX-99. Saturation point concept, mixing line analysis and conserved variable diagrams have been used to
identify boundary layer characteristics such as air mass movement and stability of the atmosphere. The results showed relatively
dry air near the ocean surface between 1000 and 950 hPa. This feature is confirmed by the conserved tetav structure in this layer. Further, tetav seldom showed any inversions in this region. The tetae and tetaes profiles showed persistent low cloud layers between 900 and 700 hPa. The conserved variable diagrams (tetae-q) showed the existence of double mixing line structures approximately at 950 and 700 hPa levels. 相似文献
19.
P. N. Mahajan R. M. Khaladkar S. G. Narkhedkar Sathy Nair P. C. Joshi P. K. Pal 《Journal of Earth System Science》2004,113(2):223-233
In this paper, daily variations of satellite-derived geophysical parameters such as integrated water vapour (IWV), cloud liquid
water content (CLW), sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface wind speed (SSW) have been studied for a case of monsoon
depression that formed over the Bay of Bengal during 19th-24th August 2000. For this purpose, IRS P4 MSMR satellite data have
been utilized over the domain equator — 25‡N and 40‡-100‡E. An integrated approach of satellite data obtained from IRS-P4,
METEOSAT-5 and INSAT was made for getting a signal for the development of monsoon depression over the Indian region. Variations
in deep convective activity obtained through visible, infrared and OLR data at 06 UTC was thoroughly analyzed for the complete
life cycle of monsoon depression. Geophysical parameters obtained through IRS-P4 satellite data were compared with vorticity,
convergence and divergence at 850 and 200 hPa levels generated through cloud motion vectors (CMVs) and water vapour wind vectors
(WVWVs) obtained from METEOSAT-5 satellite. This comparison was made for finding proper consistency of geophysical parameters
with dynamical aspects of major convective activity of the depression.
From the results of this study it is revealed that there was strengthening of sea surface winds to the south of low-pressure
area prior to the formation of depression. This indicated the possibility of increase in cyclonic vorticity in the lower troposphere.
Hence, wind field at 850 hPa with satellite input of CMVs in objective analysis of wind field using optimum interpolation
(OI) scheme was computed. Maximum cyclonic vorticity field at 850 hPa was obtained in the region of depression just one day
before its formation. Similarly, with the same procedure maximum anticyclonic vorticity was observed at 200 hPa with WVWVs
input. Consistent convergence and divergence at 850 and 200 hPa was noticed with respect to these vorticities. In association
with these developments, we could get lowest values of OLR (120 W/m2 ) associated with major convective activity that was consistent with the maximum values of integrated water vapour (6-8gm/cm2) and cloud liquid water content (50-60 mg/cm2 ) persisting particularly in the southwest sector of the monsoon depression. 相似文献
20.
Ice core δ18O records from the No. 1 glacier at the head of the ürümqi River were used to characterize the relationship between δ18O and contemporaneous surface air temperature (Ta) nearby the Daxigou Meteorological Station (3539 m above sea level, ∼2km away from the ice core drilling site). Although the ice core records of annually averaged δ18O are positively correlated with contemporaneous surface air temperature, especially summer air temperature, the correlation is less significant than that for the precipitation samples due to depositional and post-depositional modification processes. However, the climatological significance of the ice core δ18O records can be still preserved to a certain degree, which might extend the application of high altitude and sub-tropical ice core δ18O records to paleoclimate reconstruction. 相似文献