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ON THE DYNAMICAL ASPECTS OF THE MONSOON BOUNDARY LAYER

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Characteristic variations in the three forces, viz., pressure gradientforce, Coriolis force and frictional force, in the monsoon boundary layerhave been explored with the help of a one-dimensional model. The windobservations carried out at an inland station during MONTBLEX-90 have beenutilised for this purpose. Variations were observed in the three forcesduring active and break monsoon periods. The height at which the Coriolis andpressure gradient forces showed balance ranged from 360–700 m and500–600 m during break and active periods respectively.

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  1. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune, 411008, India

    SAVITA B. MORWAL & SURENDRA S. CPARASNIS

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MORWAL, S.B., CPARASNIS, S.S. ON THE DYNAMICAL ASPECTS OF THE MONSOON BOUNDARY LAYER. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 83, 163–171 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000262328589

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