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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2024, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 292-306

Study of Indian summer monsoon in the precipitable water vapor field of the atmosphere based on satellite microwave radiometer data

А.V. Kuzmin 1 , D.M. Ermakov 1, 2 , E.D. Surovyatkina 1 , E.V. Pashinov 1 , S.A. Vturin 1 
1 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
2 Kotelnikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics RAS, Fryazino Branch, Fryazino, Moscow Region, Russia
Accepted: 03.05.2024
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2024-21-3-292-306
From SSMIS (Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder) F16-F18 microwave satellite data, daily precipitable water vapor (PWV) fields were obtained from 2012 to 2021 using satellite radiothermovision techniques, both over the World Ocean and over land. The use of satellite radiothermovision made it possible to obtain complete daily PWV fields, eliminating gaps with missing data. From the PWV fields database, to study the characteristics of the summer monsoon near the Hindustan Peninsula, the fragments for two regions were analyzed: in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. A zone of maximum water vapor content over the northern Bay of Bengal (centered at 20° N, 87.5° E) has been identified, which plays the key role in formation of the monsoon over the central and north-eastern regions of India. In this region, there is a relatively smooth increase in PWV with an average trend of +0.33 kg/m2 per day from the beginning of March; with the onset of the monsoon it becomes constant, reaching the average value of 62.2 kg/m2 for 2012–2021. A decrease in the PWV value from the average value characterizes the end of the monsoon period. An area has been identified in the Arabian Sea that experiences two peaks in water vapor content: during the onset of the monsoon and before the end of the summer monsoon in India, which is attributed to its distance from the coast and the reversal of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) across the Arabian Sea. Observations in this zone can be useful for monitoring the formation of strong cyclones during the passage of the ITZC through it.
Keywords: global precipitable water vapor fields, summer Indian monsoon, microwave radiometry, satellite radiothermovision
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