Doppler Sodar Measured Winds and Sea Breeze Intrusions over Gadanki (13.5° N, 79.2° E), India

Potula Sree Brahmanandam (), G. Uma, K. Tarakeswara Rao, S. Sreedevi, N. S. M. P. Latha Devi, Yen-Hsyang Chu, Jayshree Das, K. Mahesh Babu, A. Narendra Babu, Subrata Kumar Das, V. Naveen Kumar and K. Srinivas
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Potula Sree Brahmanandam: R & D Cell, Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women (A), Bhimavaram 534202, India
G. Uma: Department of Physics, Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women (A), Bhimavaram 534202, India
K. Tarakeswara Rao: Department of Electronics, Sri Venkateswara College, Dhalula Kuan, New Delhi 110021, India
S. Sreedevi: Department of Physics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530017, India
N. S. M. P. Latha Devi: Department of Engineering Physics, Koneru Lakahmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF), Deemed to Be University, Vaddeswaram 522302, India
Yen-Hsyang Chu: Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Chung-Li 32001, Taiwan
Jayshree Das: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, B. V. Raju Institute of Technology, Vishnupur, Narsapur 502313, India
K. Mahesh Babu: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, BVRIT Hyderabad College of Engineering for Women, Hyderabad 500090, India
A. Narendra Babu: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Lakkireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram 521230, India
Subrata Kumar Das: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune 411008, India
V. Naveen Kumar: Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Seshadri Rao Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Gudlavalleru 521356, India
K. Srinivas: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vishnu Institute of Technology (Autonomous), Bhimavaram 534202, India

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 16, 1-25

Abstract: Doppler sodar measurements were made at the tropical Indian station, i.e., Gadanki (13.5° N, 79. 2° E). According to wind climatologies, the wind pattern changes from month to month. In July and August, the predominant wind direction during the monsoon season was the southwest. In September, it was the northwest and south. While the winds in November came from the northeast, they came from the northwest and southwest in October. The winds in December were out of the southeast. The diurnal cycle of winds at 60-m above the ground was visible, with disturbed wind directions in September and October. This may be connected to the Indian subcontinent’s southeastern monsoon recession. To better understand the monsoon circulation on a monthly basis, the present work is innovative in that it uses high-resolution winds measured using the Doppler sodar at the atmospheric boundary layer. The convergence of a sea breeze and the background wind might result in a sudden change in wind direction, and forecasting such a chaotic atmospheric event is crucial in the aviation sector. As a result, the wind shear that is produced may pose a serious threat to airplanes that are landing. In the current study, we present a few cases of sea breeze intrusions. The physics underlying these intrusions may help modelers better understand these chaotic wind structures and use them as inputs in their models. Based on surface-based atmospheric characteristics, there have been two reports of deep sea breeze intrusions that we report in this research. The sea breeze days were marked by substantial (moderate) drops in temperature (dewpoint temperatures) and increased wind speed and relative humidity. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) rainfall data showed a rise in precipitation over this location on 23 July (4.8 mm) and 24 July (9.5 mm) when sea breeze intrusions over Gadanki were noticed. Sea breeze intrusions could have brought precipitation (intrusion-laden precipitation) to this area due to conducive meteorological conditions. A simple schematic model is proposed through a diagrammatic illustration that explains how a sea breeze triggers precipitation over adjacent locations to the seacoast. The skew-T log-P diagrams have been drawn using the balloon-borne radiosonde measured atmospheric data over Chennai (a nearby location to Gadanki) to examine the thermodynamic parameters to gain insights into the underlying mechanisms and meteorological conditions during sea breeze intrusion events. It is found that the convective available potential energy (CAPE), which is presented as a thermos diagram, was associated with large values on 23 July and 24 July (898 J/kg and 1250 J/kg), which could have triggered thunderstorms over Chennai.

Keywords: sodar; wind speed; wind direction; sea breeze intrusion; intrusion-laden rainfall (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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