Some characteristics of the PBL over the ocean during the Indian summer monsoon

✍ Scribed by Subroto Sinha; V. V. Khade

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 601 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0006-8314
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00117222

✦ Synopsis

Data collected during the Indo-Soviet Monsoon-77 expedition are used to determine quadratic expressions for the universal constants A and B, as functions of the stability parameter, p. A quadratic expression has also been obtained for u*, in terms of the surface wind u,. It is shown, from the mean values of q and en, that the entire area covered by the expedition could be divided into four regions around the point 13"N, 78" E. The mean thermal characteristic of each region differs. It is shown that the northeastern quadrant is most favourable for the sustenance of a tropical storm once it has formed.