Thermodynamic features of the atmospheric boundary layer during the summer monsoon

Characteristic variations in the thermodynamic parameters of the boundary layer at Pune (18°32′N, 73°51′E, 559m a.s.l.) have been studied using the aerological observations collected during the summer monsoon seasons of 1980 and 1981, and the temperature observations from aircraft during the summer monsoons of 1976, 1979–1981. This study showed suppression of the mixed layer, absence of inversion/stable layers and decreased convective instability in the lower layers during the period of active monsoon conditions. The reverse was observed during the periods of weak/break monsoon conditions. Temperature stratification of sub-cloud layer has been classified into four different categories depending on the extent of the mixed layer and the gradient of potential temperature in the overlying stable layer. It was observed that these categories cover all types of weather, conditions which prevailed during the monsoon season. The results are discussed with the possible association of the weather conditions prevailed during the active and break monsoon periods.