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Mean surface meteorological parameter characterization at Kavaratti, Lakshadweep Island, South-East Arabian Sea

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Title Mean surface meteorological parameter characterization at Kavaratti, Lakshadweep Island, South-East Arabian Sea
 
Creator Kumar, Vijay
Mehra, Prakash
Nair, Balakrishnan
Agarvadekar, Yogesh
Luis, Ryan
Ghatge, Devika
Lobo, Shane
Harmalkar, Bharat
 
Subject Real time meteorological parameters
Surface wind
Air-temperature
Atmospheric-pressure
Relative humidity
Specific humidity
 
Description 1407-1414
Soon
after the south-west monsoon, mean surface meteorological parameters at the Kavaratti Island begin to change. Wind, which was
south-west in direction during the monsoon period, turns to north-north and
eventually to north-east direction with lesser intensity. Monthly mean wind
speed in October was ~2 ms-1 while in July it was~7 ms-1.
Monthly mean surface air pressure in October was ~1008 hPa as against ~1007 hPa
in July. Surface air-temperature and relative humidity also exhibited similar
variability. Monthly mean air temperature and humidity in October were ~28°C, and ~76% respectively,
while in July ~26
 
Date 2016-06-27T05:10:29Z
2016-06-27T05:10:29Z
2014-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/34461
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(7) [July 2014]