On some aspects of southwest monsoon rainfall over Tamilnadu

Authors

  • S. K. SUBRAMANIAN
  • V. N. THANKAPPAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v46i4.3302

Keywords:

Rainfall, Monsoon, Correlation coefficients,, Variability, Synoptic situations, Troposphere, Frequency

Abstract

The rainfall during southwest monsoon season over Tamilnadu is quite significant from the point of view of water storage in major reservoirs as northeast monsoon rainfall, which is about half of the annual rainfall, is not stable enough due to its large interannual variability. The southwest monsoon rainfall, on the other hand, is more stable. The north-south oriented trough over Tamilnadu and adjoining Bay togetherwith upper air cyclonic circulation/trough in lower tropospheric levels account for three fourths of significant rainfall occurrence during southwest monsoon season. Rainfall during southwest monsoon and northeast monsoon seasons was found to be independent with a small negative correlation of -0.18. This shows that the southwest monsoon rainfall may not be of much use to predict the pattern of northeast monoon rainfall over Tamilnadu.

 

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Published

01-10-1995

How to Cite

[1]
S. K. . SUBRAMANIAN and V. N. . THANKAPPAN, “On some aspects of southwest monsoon rainfall over Tamilnadu”, MAUSAM, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 377–382, Oct. 1995.

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 4 (1995): MAUSAM

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Shorter Contribution

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