Formation mechanism of super cluster over the tropics

Authors

  • Md. NAZRUL ISLAM
  • HIROSHI UYEDA
  • KATSUHIRO KIKUCHI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v50i3.1859

Keywords:

Cloud, Cloud cluster, Super cluster, Organization, Merging, Black body temperature

Abstract

A large-scale cloud phenomenon was analyzed to understand its internal structure, organization and movement. A westward moving uncommon super cluster was shown to have developed in the study region while each cloud cluster moved FJESE. The super cluster has horizontal length 2000 km, life time more than 2 days, very low TBB (<210 K) cloud area                 ~40× 104 km2 and moved westward with a speed of ~6 m/s. These features are some what different from the usual properties of super cluster as reported in several works. It was found that new clouds successively formed and interacted between themselves, and organized to form cloud clusters. The cloud clusters merged with the old large cluster to take part in the maintenance of super cluster. The propagation speed and the direction of the super cluster was followed by the formation of new cluster.

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Published

01-07-1999

How to Cite

[1]
M. N. . ISLAM, H. . UYEDA, and K. . KIKUCHI, “Formation mechanism of super cluster over the tropics”, MAUSAM, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 283–288, Jul. 1999.

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 3 (1999): MAUSAM

Section

Research Papers

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