Influence of the Arabian Sea on the Indian summer monsoon

S. K. Ghosh; M. C. Pant; B. N. Dewan

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v30i2.10324

Influence of the Arabian Sea on the Indian summer monsoon

Tellus

Volume 30 (1978): Issue 2

By: S. K. Ghosh, M. C. Pant and B. N. Dewan

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|Jan 1978

Abstract

Based on aerological observations over the Arabian Sea and adjoining north Indian Ocean, taken on board USSR research vessels during MONEX-1973, patterns of vergence of air and water vapour fluxes are studied. The influence of the Arabian Sea on the fluctuations in intensity of the summer monsoon over the west coast of India is shown. It is inferred that evaporation exceeds precipitation over the east Arabian Sea near the west coast of India even during active monsoon.

A zonal cell with the ascending limb over the east Arabian Sea and the descending branch over the west Arabian Sea is proposed.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v30i2.10324 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 117 - 125

Submitted on: Jul 15, 1976

Accepted on: Sep 3, 1977

Published on: Jan 1, 1978

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1978 S. K. Ghosh, M. C. Pant, B. N. Dewan, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 30 (1978): Issue 2