POOR VISIBILITY DURING WINTER OVER SANTACRUZ AIRPORT- ITS CAUSES AND FORECAST
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https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v45i3.2127Keywords:
Visibility, Objective method, Fanning, Inversion, Stack height, PollutionAbstract
Th ere is rapid decrease in \isib ihl }' l1uri ne r a tly Illumine hou rs in winter season o ver Santacruz
airport .Th e deterioration at times preve nt... a irc ra ft ope ra tio n in uu u for about ) ho ur or so ,Th e cau ses of red uct io n in
visibility. l":.. strong nocturnal inversion {lew level ). poll ut ion in th e lower atmosphe re. lighl ....'ind etc have been
analySt"d in th is paper. It was c bserved th at ind us trial end domestic po ll ution together with strong low level noctu rn a l
in version causes poor visibility, Visib ility attains double minima-one between 1800 and 2UOO UTC and th e othe r
between 0200 and 0300 lITC. An objective me thod 10 forec ast visibility in th e next 2 to 3 hOUfShas been d eveloped in
this paper.
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