Butler, D R (1992) Daily patterns of dew-point temperature in a semiarid climate. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 60 (3-4). pp. 267-278. ISSN 0168-1923
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Abstract
Hourly values of dew-point temperature (Tdp) recorded at ICRISAT, India, were examined on selected days between 1981 and 1985. The diurnal pattern changed seasonally, with a decrease in the mean Tdp during the dry season. Day-to-day variations of the mean Tdp and amplitude were large but, in general, values tended to remain fairly constant through the night, and started to decrease 1–2 h after sunrise to a minimum at 15:00–16:00 h. This pattern was simulated with a cosine function using two spot readings of humidity (at 07:15 and 14:15 h) from the meteorological site. The simulation gave reasonable agreement with measured values on days with widely contrasting patterns of Tdp.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | UNSPECIFIED |
| CRP: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | Others > Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Mr Charan Sai Ch |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2011 03:52 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2011 03:52 |
| URI: | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3086 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0168-1923(92)90041-2 |
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| Acknowledgement: | The automatic weather station at ICRISAT was provided by the Institute of Hydrology, UK. S. Manoharan assisted with the production of the figures and computer processing of meteorological data. |
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