Study of the jet stream over India and to its north in winter: Part I

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  • SQN. LDR. M. S. SINGH Met. Branch, Indian Air Force

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v22i1.3978

Abstract

Characteristics of the jet streams over India and to its north in winter were studied with the daily vertical cross sections (1200 GMT) along 75°E from 8oN to 60°N for the period I to 15 February 1967, It was observed that there are three separate jet cores present in this latitl1de belt on most of the days, located on an average at 43°N, 31°N and 23°N. of these three, the most stable and persistent one is the second which is located between Delhi and Srinagar, at 200-mb level with an average maximum speed of 140-150 kt. The one to its south is weaker and quite variable in location as well as altitude. The jet at 31°N, therefore, has been called the primary sl1b-tropical jet over India and its characteristics studied. Based on this study, a. model cross-section has been. prepared for this STJ, The descriptions of the STJ at 23°N and also of PFJ (Polar Front Jet) at 43°N are included.

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Published

01-01-1971

How to Cite

[1]
S. L. M. S. . SINGH, “Study of the jet stream over India and to its north in winter: Part I”, MAUSAM, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 1–14, Jan. 1971.

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