Open AccessFog forecasting over Calcutta and neighbourhood
Author(s) -
Sukla Basu
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v3i4.4766
Subject(s) - dew point , dew , meteorology , environmental science , climatology , wind speed , atmospheric sciences , neighbourhood (mathematics) , geography , mathematics , geology , mathematical analysis , condensation
Effect of temperature, dew-point temperature, wind and synoptic situation on the formation of fog at Calcutta (Alipore) during winter months have been studied and prediction diagrams for temperature and dew-point as well as fog have been prepared. It has been concluded that successful fog prediction is possible on the basis of forecast of dew-point which is likely to prevail during late night hours particularly during the minimum temperature epoch and that such accurate dew-point forecast is only possible by watching hourly variation of dew-point till 2200 IST.