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The genesis of tropical cyclones over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) is highly seasonal. The post-monsoon season, i.e. during the months of October to mid December, contributes maximum number of TCs and the pre-monsoon season (April to May) has secondary maxima. Detailed climatology of the TCs over BoB is available in Storm Atlas of India Meteorological Department (IMD), 2008 and Mohanty et al. (2011). Mohanty et al. (2011) depict that out of a total of 606 TCs [which include deep depression (DD), cyclonic storm (CS), and severe cyclonic storm (SCS)] during 1891-2010 formed over the BoB, about 54% have crossed Indian coast.
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Osuri, K.K., Mohanty, U.C., Routray, A. (2014). Role of Surface Roughness Length on Simulation of Cyclone Aila. In: Mohanty, U.C., Mohapatra, M., Singh, O.P., Bandyopadhyay, B.K., Rathore, L.S. (eds) Monitoring and Prediction of Tropical Cyclones in the Indian Ocean and Climate Change. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7720-0_22
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