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dc.contributor.authorSarma, Y.V.B.
dc.contributor.authorSeetaramayya, P.
dc.contributor.authorMurty, V.S.N.
dc.contributor.authorRao, D.P.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-12T09:29:33Z
dc.date.available2009-01-12T09:29:33Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.citationBoundary-Layer Meteorology, Vol.82; 517-526p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2084
dc.description.abstractThe analysis of 3-hourly time-series data on surface meteorological parameters collected at 20 degrees N, 89 degrees E in the head of the Bay of Bengal during the southwest monsoon period (18 August - 19 Spetember) of 1990 under the MONTBLEX-90 programme reveals considerable temporal variability in sea-level pressure, sea-surface temperature (SST) and the fluxes of heat and momentum at the air-sea interface. This variability is related closely to the north-south movement of the monsoon trough and the formation and development of synoptic weather systems during this period. A rapid increase in wind speed, cloudiness, instability, momentum flux, sensible heat flux and moisture flux (by 80 Wm sup(-2)), and a decrease of SST (by 0.3 degrees C) and net surface heat flux by 80Wm sup(-2), was associated with the development of a depression when the monsoon trough moved southwards. At the peak of the depression, values of the latent heat flux and evaporation reached up to 270 Wm sup(-2) and 1.0 cm day sup(-1) respectively. During the depression period the heat loss across the air-sea interface matched well with the heat loss in the upper (approx equal to 100 m) ocean. With the northward movement of the monsoon trough, the momentum and surface heat fluxes decreased rapidly while the sea surface gained heat energy at rates up to 195 Wm sup(-2)
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherKluwer
dc.rightsCopyright [1997]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectmonsoons
dc.subjectmeterological data
dc.subjectsea level pressure
dc.subjectsurface temperature
dc.subjectheat transfer
dc.subjectair sea interaction
dc.subjectboundary layers
dc.titleInfluence of the monsoon trough on air-sea interaction in the head of the Bay of Bengal during the southwest monsoon of 1990 (monsoon trough boundary layer experiment - 90)
dc.typeJournal Article


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