Influence of large-scale variations in convective available potential energy (CAPE) and solar cycle over temperature in the tropopause region at Delhi (28.3 degrees N, 77.1 degrees E), Kolkata (22.3 degrees N, 88.2 degrees E), Cochin (10 degrees N, 77 degrees E), and Trivandrum (8.5 degrees N, 77.0 degrees E) using radiosonde during 1980-2005

Dhaka, S. K. and Sapra, R. and Panwar, V. and Goel, A. and Bhatnagar, R. and Kaur, M. and Mandal, T. K. and Jain, A. R. and Chun, H.-Y. (2009) Influence of large-scale variations in convective available potential energy (CAPE) and solar cycle over temperature in the tropopause region at Delhi (28.3 degrees N, 77.1 degrees E), Kolkata (22.3 degrees N, 88.2 degrees E), Cochin (10 degrees N, 77 degrees E), and Trivandrum (8.5 degrees N, 77.0 degrees E) using radiosonde during 1980-2005. Earth Planets and Space, 62 (3). pp. 319-331. ISSN 1343-8832

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Abstract

We have shown the relationship between seasonal, annual, and large-scale variations in convective available potential energy (CAPE) and the solar cycle in terms of temperature at the 100-hPa pressure level using daily radiosonde data for the period 1980-2006 over Delhi (28.3 degrees N, 77.1 degrees E) and Kolkata (22.3 degrees N, 88.2 degrees E) and for the period 1989-2005 over Cochin (10 degrees N, 77 degrees E) and Trivandrum (8.5 degrees N, 77.0 degrees E), India. In general, there was a tendency for increases in CAPE to be associated with decreases in temperature at the 100-hPa pressure level on all time scales. Decreasing linear trends in temperature were found at Delhi and Kolkata over the period 1990 2006. Our analysis suggests that the trend towards increasing convective activity in the troposphere leads at least partly to the trend towards cooling in the tropopause region. High CAPEs are, in general, associated with high rainfall. The minimum annual temperatures were observed almost simultaneously with enhanced annual CAPE during the northern summer, with a larger anti-correlation (-0.62) over Delhi than at other stations. The influence of the solar cycle on the control of temperature was significant (similar to 4-5 degrees C) only around 8-10 degrees N. Temperature variations in the upper troposphere are viewed as being jointly controlled by CAPE and the solar cycle, with the respective contribution of each being location-dependent.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Solar cycle, tropopause, convective available potential energy (CAPE), rainfall.
Subjects:	Geology
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Ms Neetu Chandra
Date Deposited:	04 May 2012 12:12
Last Modified:	04 May 2012 12:12
URI:	http://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/202

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