A Modelling Study in Mountain Meteorology: Impact of Western Ghats Orography On the Weather and Climate of South India

Venu G.Nair, K. Mohanakumar

ISBN 10: 3639151097 / ISBN 13: 9783639151091

Published by VDM Verlag Dr. M�ller 2010-08-19, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Modelling Study in Mountain Meteorology: Impact of Western Ghats Orography On the Weather and Climate of South India
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. M�ller 2010-08-19
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639151097
• ISBN 13: 9783639151091
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

There are very few studies conducted to understand the impact of a tropical mountain on the weather and climate of a region with an integrated approach. The main difficulties in these type of studies are the lack of insitu observations over the inhospitable terrain and also maintaining an obseravational platform in different terrain of the study area. The solution to this problem can be tackled to a great extent by the use of a meso-scale model. In this study, with the help of a Meso-scale model MM5, the data has been generated for 17 years with a resolution of 10 kms and also the orography over the area has been modified to pin point the impact of the mountain. Palghat Gap, the major geological discontinuity of the Western Ghats over the Southern Peninsular Region of India has been given a special attention in this study. Thus this study reveled some of the specific phenomena created by mountain and its impact to the local climate of the region.

About the Author

Venu G. Nair has taken his M.Sc degree in Meteorology from Andhra University and M.Tech.& Ph.D degree in Atmospheric Science from CUSAT. He worked in the field of Air pollution, Monsoon & Mountain Meteorology and currently working as a Research Associate in the field of Monsoon modeling studies at CUSAT. K. Mohanakumar is a professor in Atmospheric Science at CUSAT and was a Visiting Scientist in the Stratospheric Research Group in FU Berlin, Germany. With 30 years of research and 25 years of postgraduate teaching experience in the field of atmospheric sciences, he has published nearly 90 research papers.