Open AccessSurface winds in the cyclone field
Author(s) -
T. R. Sivaramakrishnan,
Avinandan Mukherjee
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v35i2.1999
Subject(s) - maximum sustained wind , cyclone (programming language) , wind speed , meteorology , storm , environmental science , climatology , atmospheric sciences , tropical cyclone , wind profile power law , geology , wind gradient , physics , engineering , field programmable gate array , embedded system
The surface winds recorded by the ONGC rigs in Arabian Sea during the passage of the time of a severe cyclonic storm in 1976 have been analysed and composite is prepared. The distribution of both the tangential and radial winds exhibits asymmetry with respect to the centre of the cyclone. Of the different formulae tried for the estimation of maximum wind speed from pressure values, Fletcher's formula is found to give a value close to the recorded maximum wind speed.