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      A study on certain aspects of kinetic energy associated with western disturbances over northwest India

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          The winter precipitation in western Himalayas, particularly over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal and neighborhood is important from the point of view of agriculture, horticulture, transport, logistics and glacier basins that feed the rivers of north India. The precipitation is due to the large-scale interaction between the mid latitude and the tropical air masses. The interaction process leads to the formation or intensification of synoptic systems known as western disturbances that move from west to east. In this paper, kinetic energy budget terms for an intense western disturbance that occurred over northwest India have been analyzed. An intense western disturbance, that gave widespread precipitation over the northwestern parts of the country, moved across the region from 19 to 21 January 1997. The data required for the study was extracted from National Center for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) reanalysis datasets. The results indicate that the strong flux convergence and adiabatic production of kinetic energy takes place during the passage of western disturbance over north India. It is found that the meridional component of kinetic energy contributes for the generation, whereas, the zonal component of kinetic energy contributes for the destruction in the adaibatic generation of kinetic energy along the track of the western disturbance.

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          La precipitación de invierno en los Himalayas occidentales, particularmente sobre Jammu y Kashmir, en Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal y sus alrededores, es importante para la agricultura, la horticultura, el transporte, la logística y las cuencas de los glaciares que alimentan los ríos del norte de la India. La precipitación se debe a la interacción de gran escala entre masas de aire de latitudes medias y tropicales. El proceso de interacción lleva a la formación o intensificación de los sistemas sinópticos conocidos como perturbaciones occidentales que se mueven del oeste hacia el este. En este trabajo se analizan los términos del presupuesto energético de una perturbación occidental intensa que ocurrió sobre el noroeste de la India. Esta perturbación, que originó una precipitación ampliamente distribuida sobre la parte noroccidental del del país, se movió sobre la región del 19 al 21 de enero de 1997. La información requerida para el estudio se obtuvo de las bases de datos de reanálisis del National Center for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR). Los resultados indican que durante el paso de la perturbación occidental por el norte de la India ocurre un fuerte flujo de convergencia y la producción de energía adiabática. Se observó que el componente meridional de la energía cinética contribuye a su generación, mientras que el componente zonal de la energía cinética ocasiona la destrucción de la generación adiabática de la energía cinética a lo largo de la trayectoria de la perturbación occidental.

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                Journal
                atm
                Atmósfera
                Atmósfera
                Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera (Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico )
                0187-6236
                October 2011
                : 24
                : 4
                : 375-384
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                [03] New Delhi orgnameIndian Institute of Technology orgdiv1Centre for Atmospheric Sciences India
                [02] Varanasi orgnameBanaras Hindu University orgdiv1Department of Geophysics India rbhatla@ 123456bhu.ac.in
                [01] orgnameRegional Integrated Multi-hazard Early-warning System (RIMES) orgdiv1Asian Institute of Technology Campus Thailand
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                S0187-62362011000400002 S0187-6236(11)02400400002
                946cd13d-37c7-4e34-8e24-7480a3adf9ec

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                Western disturbances,kinetic energy,NCEP/NCAR reanalysis

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