Hydrography and water masses in the southeastern Arabian Sea during March-June 2003

Shenoi, SSC and Shankar, D and Michael, GS and Kurian, J and Varma, KK and Kumar, Ramesh MR and Almeida, AM and Unnikrishnan, AS and Fernandes, W and Barreto, N and Gnanaseelan, C and Mathew, R and Praju, KV and Mahale, V (2005) Hydrography and water masses in the southeastern Arabian Sea during March-June 2003. In: Journal of Earth System Science, 114 (5). pp. 475-491.

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Abstract

This paper describes the hydrographic observations in the southeastern Arabian Sea (SEAS) during two cruises carried out in March-June 2003 as part of the Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment. The surface hydrography during March-April was dominated by the intrusion of low-salinity waters from the south; during May-June, the low-salinity waters were beginning to be replaced by the high-salinity waters from the north.There was considerable mixing at the bottom of the surface mixed layer,leading to interleaving of low-salinity and high-salinity layers, The flow paths constructed following the spatial patterns of salinity along the sections mimic those inferred from numerical models. Time-series measurements showed the presence of Persian Gulf and Red Sea Waters in the SEAS to be intermittent during both cruises: they appeared and disappeared during both the fortnight-long time series.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Earth System Science
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciencs.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2005
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2018 11:26
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/4196

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