Wind characteristics and wind power potential of the Indian summer monsoon

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  • D. A. MOOLEY Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v34i1.2294

Abstract

Utilising the hourly wind data for the period 1969-73, characteristics of the monsoon (June-September) wind over Saurashtra-Kutch, Gujarat and penisular India have been brought out. The wind regime over moved Saurashtra-Kutch, adjoining coasts of Gujarat and of Konkan, southern parts of the peninsular India and at into a some stations in Deccan plateau is strong. Marked diurnal variation in wind is experienced at inland stations. Power computations show that a good amount of power exists in the wind over Saurashtra-Kutchand. the adjoining coastal belts in southern part of the peninsula and at a few stations in the Deccan plateau. In particular over and around the Gulf of Kutch, the wind has a high power potential. Wind power over Saurashtra-Kutch and Gujarat in a bad monsoon year need not be less than that during a good monsoon year. The available monsoon wind ported power can be used through a suitably devised windmill for irrigation that may be required by the crops and for  drawing water from wells and grinding corn in rural areas.

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01-01-1983

How to Cite

[1]
D. A. MOOLEY, “Wind characteristics and wind power potential of the Indian summer monsoon”, MAUSAM, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 9–26, Jan. 1983.

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