Chemical Composition of Rain Water across the Western Ghats

Authors

  • AS RAMACHANDRAMURTY
  • BHV RAMANAMURTY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v20i4.5778

Abstract

Analysis of rain water samples collected in the path of the monsoon air stream at three locations from the west coast suggested that clouds in the downwind of the Western Ghats are modified to continental type as a result of Preferential depletion of certain particulate matters from the cloud air before crossing the crest and addition certain other particulate matters of local origin after entry Into the plateau. Based on the measurements, a method been proposed for stimulating rain in clouds of the leeside of the Western Ghats.

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Published

1969-10-01

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[1]
“Chemical Composition of Rain Water across the Western Ghats”, MAUSAM, vol. 20, no. 4, Oct. 1969, doi: 10.54302/mausam.v20i4.5778.