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Atmospheric surface layer parameters during different phases of monsoon over Varanasi from MONTBLEX-90

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The fast and slow response data (8 Hz and 1 Hz respectively), obtained from the MONTBLEX-90 programme, are analysed for computing various surface layer parameters and the fluxes of sensible heat and momentum. In the present paper these fluxes, the Monin-Obukhov length scale (L), the turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), and the intensity of turbulence (σw) over Varanasi have been computed during different phases of monsoon such as dry, weak, moderate and active. Typical days are chosen for studying the above-mentioned parameters.

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  1. Department of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, 221 005, Varanasi, India

    D V Viswanadham & A N V Satyanarayana

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Viswanadham, D.V., Satyanarayana, A.N.V. Atmospheric surface layer parameters during different phases of monsoon over Varanasi from MONTBLEX-90. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet Sci.) 105, 1–16 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02880755

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