Seasonal Variability of Cyclone Heat Potential in the Bay of Bengal

Y. Sadhuram (), B. Rao (), D. Rao (), P. Shastri () and M. Subrahmanyam ()
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Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2004, vol. 32, issue 2, 209 pages

Abstract: Monthly maps of cyclone heat potential (CHP) in the Bay of Bengalhave been prepared by using Levitus climatological data set. Seasonal variability ofCHP in the Bay of Bengal has been studied using the CTD data sets collected duringfive cruises during the period, 1993–1996. High value (>30 kcal/cm 2 ) of CHP coincided with anticyclonic gyre (ACG) and the low value of CHP (16 kcal/cm 2 ) coincided with thecyclonic gyre (CG). This emphasizes the importance of gyres in the distribution ofCHP, which play an important role in the intensification of cyclones/depressions.CHP is >14 kcal/cm 2 over Andaman Sea, southern and Central Bay of Bengal where the generation and movement of cyclones take place during post south west monsoon season (October–November). A depression formed on 07.11.95 at 11°N; 91°E and intensified into a cyclonic storm by 8th November evening and crossed Orissa Coast on 9th November 1995. A few days before its formation, the value of CHP at the origin of thiscyclone was about 20 kcal/cm 2 . To understand the exact role of CHP in theformation and intensification of cyclones/depressions over Bay of Bengal, more intense and systematic data sets are essential. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004

Keywords: SST; cyclone heat potential (CHP); cyclones/monsoon depressions; Bay of Bengal; gyres; southwest monsoon; post south-west monsoon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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