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43.0Height (km)32CBL height from Wind pro<strong>file</strong>r(Km)2.52.01.51305 310 315 320 -15.5 -15.0 -14.5 -14.0Virtual potential temperature (K)C 2 n(m -2/3 )Figure2: Height pro<strong>file</strong>s of Virtual potential2temperature and C n as observed on 27July1999.1.01.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0CBL h e i g h t f r o m r a d i o s o n d e(Km)Figure 3: Scatter plot of CBLheights derived from the radiosondeand the wind pro<strong>file</strong>r observations.The striking feature in the present case is that the CBL is continuously growing after 1200 hrsalso. The CBL heights are also very high <strong>with</strong> an increasing trend up to 1500 hrs, after whichprecipitation was observed over the wind pro<strong>file</strong>r site. The deepening of the CBL is observedin the late afternoon in the present case, whereas it is observed exactly at the midday on thenon-convective days. Figure 4 (c) shows the evolution of CBL on four convective daysduring the monsoon period. On these days, a different picture has been observed. A shallowCBL confined to ~1.5 km is observed on all the days. It is well known that during themonsoon, boundary layer will be rich in moisture. So, most of the radiation from the surfacewill be utilized for the evaporation process, which results in a shallow CBL. Enhanced soilmoisture probably contributes to increase the latent heat fluxes and thus decreasing thesurface sensible flux locally and suppress the CBL growth, as compared to the deeper CBLthat develops <strong>with</strong> reduced soil moisture level on pre-monsoon days. One more cause for theshallow CBLs during the monsoon days may be due to the increased upper level clouds thatcan reduce the incoming solar radiation. Similar features have been observed on most of thedays in each category during the campaign period.3.02.51 May 19995 May 19996 May 199916May 19997 May 19998 May 19999 May 199910 May 199906 July 199912 July 199902 August 199904 August 1999CBL H e i g h t (Km)2.01.51.00.58 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18Local Time (hrs)8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 188 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18(a) (b) (c)Figure 4: Evolution of CBL on four (a) non-precipitating days, (b) pre-monsoonconvective days and (c) monsoon convective days340

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