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dc.contributor.advisorBhat, G S
dc.contributor.authorKiranmayi, L
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-19T05:30:51Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-31T05:25:31Z
dc.date.available2010-07-19T05:30:51Z
dc.date.available2018-07-31T05:25:31Z
dc.date.issued2010-07-19
dc.date.submitted2008
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/765
dc.description.abstractThis thesis deals with tropical intraseasonal variation (TISV) having time scales in 20-80 day range. Variations on this time scale have been observed to have profound influence on the weather and climate of the entire globe, and hence its study forms an important area of current research. A large number of studies have been carried out on this topic since the pioneering work of Madden and Julian in 1971. However, the observational studies are biased towards using the outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) as the variable of interest, and other variables, pressure in particular, have received less attention. The present thesis explores features of intraseasonal variations in sea level pressure (SLP) with the following main objectives. 1. Compare and contrast wavenumber – frequency spectra of OLR, zonal winds and SLP. 2. Quantify temporal and spatial variations of different tropical modes observed in the above variables. 3. Investigate intraseasonal variations in sea level pressure in the tropics and its meridional connections. 4. Document the movement of cloud bands during the periods of high and low TISV activity during different seasons. 5. Explore the relations between intraseasonal variations in SLP and monsoon rainfall over India. The study considered global data for a time period of 25 years from 1979 to 2003. Spectral analysis and correlations are the main tools of analysis. A combined FFT-wavelet spectral method, which uses FFT in longitude and wavelet transform in time, was developed for this purpose. This method provided an effective way of obtaining wavenumber - frequency spectra as well as in quantifying temporal variations of different modes. The transform gives spectral intensity as a function of wavenumber, frequency and time. The analysis is applied to OLR, zonal wind and SLP to understand spectral characteristics of different modes and their temporal variations. The thesis shows that the nature of spectra for OLR, SLP and wind is different although these variables are physically connected. OLR spectrum shows many of the equatorial modes observed from the previous studies for an equivalent depth of 40 m. Spectra of zonal winds at three vertical levels (850 mb, 500 mb and 200 mb) shows peaks corresponding to MJO, Kelvin modes at an equivalent depth of 75 m and Rossby Haurwitz modes. SLP spectrum is different from others. It has peaks at wavenumber zero and at MJO and Rossby Haurwitz modes. Another important new result of the thesis is the spatial and temporal behavior of SLP on intraseasonal time scales. It is shown that the the global atmosphere exhibits quasi-periodic oscillations in SLP with variations in the tropics and high latitudes strongly correlated but in opposite phases. Importantly, the strength of TISV is correlated with sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This may have some predictive value for predicting the active and weak TISV activity.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesG22437en_US
dc.subjectTropical Convection (Meteorology)en_US
dc.subjectIntraseasonal Variations (Meteorology)en_US
dc.subjectTropical Intraseasonal Variation (TISV)en_US
dc.subjectEquatorial Modes - Variationsen_US
dc.subjectTropical Variationsen_US
dc.subjectOutgoing Longwave Radiationen_US
dc.subjectWavenumber-Frequency Spectral Analysisen_US
dc.subjectCloud Tracking Algorithmen_US
dc.subjectTropical Modesen_US
dc.subjectLongwave Radiation (OLR)en_US
dc.subjectSea Level Pressure (SLP)en_US
dc.subjectTropical Convectionen_US
dc.subject.classificationMeteorologyen_US
dc.titleIntraseasonal Variations In Sea Level Pressure And Association With Tropical Convectionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.degree.namePhDen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Engineeringen_US


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