Open AccessPOOR VISIBILITY DURING WINTER OVER SANTACRUZ AIRPORT- ITS CAUSES AND FORECAST
Author(s) -
R. Suresh
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v45i3.2127
Subject(s) - visibility , meteorology , invisibility , winter season , atmospheric sciences , geography , physics , environmental science , climatology , geology , optics
Th ere is rapid decrease in \isib ihl }' l1uri ne r a tly Illumine hou rs in winter season o ver Santacruzairport .Th e deterioration at times preve nt... a irc ra ft ope ra tio n in uu u for about ) ho ur or so ,Th e cau ses of red uct io n invisibility. l":.. strong nocturnal inversion {lew level ). poll ut ion in th e lower atmosphe re. lighl ....'ind etc have beenanalySt"d in th is paper. It was c bserved th at ind us trial end domestic po ll ution together with strong low level noctu rn a lin version causes poor visibility, Visib ility attains double minima-one between 1800 and 2UOO UTC and th e othe rbetween 0200 and 0300 lITC. An objective me thod 10 forec ast visibility in th e next 2 to 3 hOUfShas been d eveloped inthis paper.