Open AccessOn the observed intra-diurnal variability in the thermal structure of the upper layers at a station in the eastern Arabian Sea before the onset of summer Monsoon-77
Author(s) -
R. R. Rao,
P. V. Hareesh Kumar
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v40i1.1930
Subject(s) - thermocline , climatology , monsoon , environmental science , diurnal temperature variation , geology , mixed layer , diurnal cycle , surface layer , atmospheric sciences , oceanography , layer (electronics) , chemistry , organic chemistry
The observed intra-diurnal variability in the surface meteorological elements and the vertical thermal structure depicting the surface mixed layer depth (MLD) and diurnal thermocline are analyzed with the aid of short time series measurements made at a single station (13 N, 72°E) In the eastern Arabian Sea during the preceding 12 days of the onset of the summer monsoon during 1977. The associated intra-diurnal variability in the surface and subsurface parameters is discussed in the light of varying surface meteorological conditions and internal oceanic processes