A study of the Onset or the Monsoon over India during 1962 using TIROS IV Radiation Data

Authors

  • P. KRISHNA RAO National Environmental Satellite Center, Environmental Science Services Administration, Washington, D.C.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v17i3.5724

Abstract

Infrared radiation data collected from the TIROS IV satellite during the months of April, May and the early part of June 1962 have been used to study the onset and advance of the monsoon over India. The data show the northward migration of the intertropical convergence zone with time. A sudden shift of the convergence zone near the equator to the southern tip of India occurs early in May. This apparently corresponds to the "burst of monsoon" over India; this conclusion is supported by other meteorological data. The TIROS IV radiation data also show that the intertropical convergence zone over Africa during the same period shifted northward, but in a more uniform fashion than the convergence zone over the Indian Ocean area.

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01-07-1966

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P. K. RAO, “A study of the Onset or the Monsoon over India during 1962 using TIROS IV Radiation Data”, MAUSAM, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 347–356, Jul. 1966.

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Vol. 17 No. 3 (1966): MAUSAM

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Research Papers

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