TERRESTRIAL RADIANT ENERGY EXCHANGES ACROSS TROPOPAUSE OVER PUNE

Authors

  • V. DESIKAN
  • K. JAYARAMAN
  • S.P. BHAGWAT

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v45i4.2683

Keywords:

Terrestrial radiant energy, Variations., Seasonal effect of clouds and humidity

Abstract

Fort nightly auuusphe ric sound ings """ilh radiomete r are bei ng made al Pu ne after th e sunset The
dam obtained o ver an (" iih t yea r pe riod. 1978-1985 an d on occasions ....'hen th ese so unl.Hnis reac hed stratosp here
h aw bee n studied in o rde r 10 obta in a pictu re of th e terr estri al radiant ene rgy excha nges (infrared rad iative !lux
exchanges) Berms the tropopause. It is Iound th ai th e tropopause .:ene raJly loses energy almust th rough out the year
exceru du ring the monso on period . Th e net lo ss in rad iant euC' rgy by the tropo pause is 1.4Wm - ~. Th e losses in th e
pre-monsoo n and th e post -monsoon pe riod s are respectivel y 3.4 Wm - =an d 41 Wrn - ~ . whereas the gai n du ring th e
monsoon .'Il!'IIS(ln is 5.2 Wm - : . Winh' r losses amo um rc 6.ft Wm - ~ , These valu es. however, vary wide ly in individual
ca ses depc nding upon th e sky cover. ROl l the d epth nf water vapo ur ..:o lumo .

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Published

01-10-1994

How to Cite

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V. . DESIKAN, . K. . JAYARAMAN, and S. . BHAGWAT, “TERRESTRIAL RADIANT ENERGY EXCHANGES ACROSS TROPOPAUSE OVER PUNE”, MAUSAM, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 361–368, Oct. 1994.

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