Wind profiler radar for understanding the tropical convective boundary layer during different seasons

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-115

  Krishna Reddy, K ^a   Kozu, Toshiaki ^b   Narayana Rao, D ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Precipitation; Wind profiler radar

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749377168     PISSN: 03678393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. White A B, Senff C J & Banta R M, A comparison of mixing depths observed by ground-based wind profilers and airborne Lidar, J Atmos Ocean Technol (USA), 16 (1999) 584.
2. Singal S P, Aggarwal S K, Pahwa D R & Gera B S, Stability studies with the help of acoustic sounding, Atmos Environ (UK), 19 (1985) 221.
3. Kusuma G R, Sethu Raman & Prabhu A, Boundary layer height over the monsoon trough region during active and break phases, Bound Layer Meteorol (Netherlands), 57 (2000) 129.
4. Radhika R, Prakash J W J, Sen Gupta K, Nair K N & Kunhikrishnan P K, Variablity of surface roughness and turbulence intensities at a coastal site in India, Bound Layer Meteorol (Netherlands), 10 (1994) 385.
5. Rao D N, Reddy K K, Ravi K S, Rao S V B, Murhty M J K, Dutta H N, Sarkar S K & Reddy B M, A study of tropospheric scintillations using SODAR, IEE Proc II Microw Antennas Propag (UK), 138 (1991) 313.
6. Parasnis S S & Goyal S S, Thermodynamical features of the atmospheric boundary layer during summer monsoon, Atmos Environ (UK), A24 (1990) 743.
7. Stull R B, An introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology, (Kluwer Academic, Norwell, Mass, USA), 1988, 666.
8. Angevine W M, White A B & Avery S K, Boundary-layer depth and entrainment zone characterization with a boundary-layer profiler, Bound Layer Meteorol (Netherlands), 68 (1994) 375.
9. Hashiguchi H, Yamanaka M D, Tsuda T, Yamamoto M, Nakamura T, Adachi T, Fukao S, Sato T & Tobing D L, Diurnal variations of the planetary boundary layer observed with an L-band clear-air Doppler radar, Bound Layer Meteorol (Netherlands), 74 (1995) 419.
10. White A B, Templeman B D, Angevine W M, Zamora R J, King C W, Russell C A, Banta R M, Brwer W A & Olszyna K J, Regional contrast in morning transitions observed during the 1999 Southern Oxidants Study Nashville/Middle Tennessee Intensive, J Geophys Res (USA), 108 (2002) 4726, doi: 10.1029/2001JD002036,.
11. Reddy K K, Kozu T, Ohno Y, Nakamura K, Srinivasulu P, Anandan V K, Jain A R, Rao P B, Rao R R, Viswanthan G & Rao D N, Lower atmospheric wind profiler at Gadanki, Tropical India: initial results, Meteorol Z (Germany), 10 (2001) 457.
12. Praveena K, Kunhikrishnan P K, Muraleedharan Nair S, Ravindran S, Jain A R & Kozu T, Atmospheric boundary layer observations over Gadanki using lower atmospheric wind profiler - Preliminary results, Curr Sci (India), 85, 75-79, 2003.
13. Reddy K K, Kozu T, Ohno Y, Nakamura K, Higuchi A, Reddy K Madhu Chandra, Srinivasulu P, Anandan V K, Jain A R, Rao P B, Ranga Rao R, Viswanthan G & Rao D N, Planetary boundary layer and precipitation studies using Lower atmospheric wind profiler over Tropical India, Radio Sci (USA), 37 (2002) doi:10.1029/2000RS002538.
14. Kusuma G R, Boundary layer processes underneath deep clouds of Indian monsoon during CAMS-98, Symposium on Advances in Fluid Mechanics, 2003, 1-17.
15. Kishore Kumar P & Jain A R, Preliminary observations of convective boundary layer over Gadanki (13.5 °N, 79.2 °E) using UHF wind profiler, in Tenth International Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar, Piura, Peru, 338-341, 2003.
16. Praveena K & Kunhikrishnan P K, Temporal variations of ventilation coefficient at a tropical Indian station using UHF wind profiler, Curr Sci (India), 86 (2004) 447.
17. Wyngaard J C & LcMone M A, Behaviour of the refractive index structure parameter in the entraining convective boundary layer, J Atmos Sci (USA), 37 (1980) 1573.
18. White A B, Fairall C W & Thompson D W, Radar observations of humidity variability in and above the marine atmospheric boundary layer, J Atmos Oceanic Technol (USA), 8 (1991) 639.
19. Fairall C W, The humidity and temperature sensitivity of clear-air radars in the convective boundary layer, J Appl Meteorol (USA), 30 (1991) 1064.
20. May P T & Wilczak J M, Diurnal and seasonal variations of boundary layer structure observed with a radar wind profiler and RASS, Mon Weather Rev (USA), 121 (1993) 673.
21. Grimsdell A W & Angevine W A, Observations of the afternoon transition of the convective boundary layer, J Appl Meteorol (USA), 41 (2002) 3.
22. Reddy K K & Ohno Y, Diurnal and seasonal variations of boundary-layer winds over Gadanki in Southern India, Indian J Radio & Space Phys, 32 (2003) 360.
23. Reddy K K, Convective boundary layer information revealed by the lower atmospheric wind profiler over Gadanki, India, Indian J Radio & Space Phys, 32 (2003) 312.
24. Praveena K, Kunhikrishnan P K, Nair S M, Sudha R, Jain A R & Kozu T, Atmospheric boundary layer observations over Gadanki using lower atmospheric wind profiler: Preliminary results, Curr Sci (India), 85 (2003) 75.