Seminar Title:
Disentangling the Contribution of Moisture Sources Supporting Tropical Cyclone Genesis over the Bay of Bengal Using a Lagrangian (FLEXPART) Model
Seminar Type:
Departmental Seminar
Department:
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Speaker Name:
Prof. Naresh Krishna Vissa
Speaker Type:
Faculty
Venue:
ER-303 Class Room
Date and Time:
26 Sep 2024 04:20PM
Contact:
8125817908
Abstract:
Undoubtedly the availability of water vapour, i.e., in terms of amount of moisture present in the
atmosphere and especially at the mid-troposphere has a vital role in tropical cyclone genesis
(TCG). Nevertheless, it remains unclear where this moisture is coming from a particular region
(source) to support the TCG over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) region. Current study attempts to
reveal various moisture sources and their contribution percentages promoting TCG activity
over the BoB during different seasons (preand post-monsoon), using a three-dimensional
Lagrangian model running with NCEP-FNL data. Interestingly, the study identifies important
moisture sources (local and remote) regions as well as moisture pathways through which
moisture is transported towards the BoB-TCG region using k-means method. Where,
Pre-monsoon (Mar-Apr-May) TCG activity is dominated by intense low-level westerly/southwesterly trajectories propagating across the North Indian Ocean covering the Somalia coast
and the Arabian Sea. Meanwhile, during post-monsoon (Oct-Nov-Dec), north-easterly/easterly
trajectories are more prevalent and bring moisture to the BoB TCG region from the South
China Sea and North-West Pacific. Furthermore, the study demonstrates relevant mechanisms
such as an evaporation process in association with a dynamic uplifting caused by an
anomalous cyclonic circulation and horizontal advection, which responsible for the
spatio-temporal variation in quantitative contributions of each source region.