Open AccessCumulonimbus tops around Bombay
Author(s) -
Avinandan Mukherjee,
Santosh Kumar
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v27i3.2545
Subject(s) - tops , tropopause , meteorology , morning , radar , climatology , radiosonde , geography , environmental science , geology , atmospheric sciences , mathematics , troposphere , telecommunications , physics , geometry , astronomy , azimuth , computer science
Cumulonimbus clouds around Bombay observed during 1972-74 with the help of 3 cm BEL radar equipped with RHI, were studied. The study revealed that high Cb tops crossing tropopause generally occur 300 km away north and south of Bombay during pre-mosoon and post-monsoon seasons, Generally the tops did not exceed 12 km in height around 100 km of Bombay. It was also confirmed that the tops crossing tropopause with a fair degree of accuracy can be forecast on the basis of morning ascent using the method suggested by Mukherjee and Choudhury.