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dc.contributor.authorAntony, M.K.
dc.contributor.authorSomayajulu, Y.K.
dc.contributor.authorSwamy, G.N.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-09T09:22:25Z
dc.date.available2009-01-09T09:22:25Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.identifier.citationThe Fifth Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC), 5-8 December 2000. Proceedings,Vol.1; 268-270p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1722
dc.description.abstractA hitherto unknown coastal ocean dynamic boundary has been identified from hydrographic and TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) altimeter data in the eastern Arabian Sea recently (Antony et al., 2000). This boundary, with a width of about 450 km in the central part, tapers off towards north and bulges towards south. In the present communication, the T/P-derived flow pattern over this new boundary is presented. The derived flow pattern shows the general dominance of meso-scale eddies in the Arabian Sea circulation. However, the flow is meridional within the new boundary and nearly zonal outside. The offshore limit of the meridional flow coincides with the offshore limit of the coastal boundary. As expected, the meridional flow is poleward during November-December-January (NE monsoon) and equatorward during June-July-August (SW monsoon). The offshore boundary of the meridional flow is more prominent during the NE monsoon than during SW monsoon. The flow width increases near the southern tip of the Indian Peninsula during the NE monsoon. These results show that the offshore boundary of the derived coastal current coincides with the new coastal ocean boundary identified earlier in the eastern Arabian Sea
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNIO, Dona Paula, Goa (India)
dc.rightsCopyright [2000]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectcoastal boundary layer
dc.subjectaltimeters
dc.subjecthydrographic data
dc.subjectmesoscale eddies
dc.subjectmeridional oceanic circulation
dc.titleAltimeter-derived flow field over a newly identified coastal ocean boundary in the eastern Arabian Sea
dc.typeConference Article


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