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Estimates of kinetic energy over the Indian monsoon trough zone
Author(s) -
Anjaneyulu T. S. S.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709741111
Subject(s) - troposphere , kinetic energy , radiosonde , climatology , atmospheric sciences , trough (economics) , monsoon , monsoon trough , ridge , environmental science , geology , meteorology , geography , physics , paleontology , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
Averaged radiosonde/rawin/pibal data for July and August have been used to study the kinetic energy budget of the troposphere over a quasi‐elliptical area containing the Indian monsoon trough. Incoming and outgoing kinetic energy fluxes have been evaluated. The computations show that the export of kinetic energy from the monsoon ellipse is about 57 × 10 6 Joules day −1 . This export takes place in the upper troposphere, mostly above 300 mb. Production of kinetic energy occurs mainly in the upper troposphere in the southern periphery of the huge quasi‐static South Asiatic ridge in the upper troposphere.