Observations of some meteorological phenomena from the Kodaikanal Observatory

Authors

  • R. Ananthakrishnan
  • P.V. Sankar Narayan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v2i4.4715

Keywords:

Haze, clouds

Abstract

The paper describes observations of haze, clouds and growth of convectivon over the plains made from the Kodiakanal observatory during winter moths of 1950. The height above sea level of the top of the haze layer has been evaluated by measuring the angle of dip of the haze line below the horizontal. It is generally found that the top of the haze layer is some 1000 to 2000ft below the level of the Kodaikanal Observatory, although there are day to day as well as diurnal variations of this height. By measuring the height of top of fair weather cumulus clouds it is estimated that the convection layers grows at an average rates of about 600ft per hour from 0900 IST till the maximum temperature epoch on a day of fair weather.

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Published

01-10-1951

How to Cite

[1]
R. Ananthakrishnan and P. Sankar Narayan, “Observations of some meteorological phenomena from the Kodaikanal Observatory”, MAUSAM, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 265–277, Oct. 1951.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (1951): MAUSAM

Section

Shorter Contribution

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