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30 May 2018
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| 30 May 2018
Convective environment in pre-monsoon and monsoon conditions over the Indian subcontinent: the impact of surface forcing
Lois Thomas
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
Neelam Malap
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
Wojciech W. Grabowski
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Kundan Dani
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
Thara V. Prabha
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India
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A thermodynamic parcel analysis of several high-resolution soundings from Pune, India, investigating pre-monsoon and monsoon conditions, is carried out in this study. A simple theoretical approach for cloud base height estimation is illustrated. Results illustrate the role of surface forcing in contrasting conditions of the pre-monsoon and monsoon. Large eddy simulations, observational data, and theoretical explanation are presented.
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