Open AccessFORMATION OF TROPICAL CYCLONES IN THE BAY OF BENGAL
Author(s) -
G. Ganesan,
A. Muthuchami,
E. R. Sukumar
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.v45i3.2128
Subject(s) - bay , bengal , tropical cyclone , geography , meteorology , climatology , atmospheric sciences , mathematics , physics , geology , archaeology
of Rengal. For th is purpose, the Ilay of Bengel is divided into number of one degree lat itud eIOlljlilUJcsqua re- crib and the Ic rmetion prob abilities WMe found in each of these cells in different months of bestmonsoon an ti pre-monsoon 30 th et il will help in formul ation of long term plan for the natura l d isa ster redu crion.Ino rde r 10 lind OUI the la titud inal variation offhe formation o rcyclonic stonns. the Bay o( Btnaal is aaain d ivided into(our sectors with a wi dth o f S-d ("~rte lo ngitude sectors. namely. 80-85. 85-90, 90-9S and 9SoI00. In (hue sectors themeanloca tion s of'fonnation in terms of'Iatitude was ca lcula ted and discussed . Furt her, the Bay is sub-divided into 14division s 10 lin.t out the possible spa tial va ria lions using sta tisl ical lech niques.Th e cause c f these spa tial vari ation isals o discu ssed .