| dc.contributor.author | Babu, M.T. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-08T12:11:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-05-08T12:11:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Physical processes in the Indian Seas. Proc. 1 Convention ISPSO, 1990. Ed. by: Swamy, G.N., 57-62p. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3110 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Geostrophic circulation derived from the observed hydrographic data for the period November-December (1983) indicates the presence of a strong equatorward western boundary current (WBC) in the Bay of Bengal. The curl sub(z) phi based on the climatological mean wind field for the same period brodly shows a negative field in the northern part which suggests a southward current away from the western boundary with an expected Munk layer flowing northward opposing. The WBC takes a turn and flows zonally eastward at about 12 degrees N where curlz is zero. Subsequently, a cold core gyre (CCG) is formed in the central Bay when the zonal flow merges with the northward current at 9 degrees C. It is concluded that the WBC is mainly driven by the cross-shore density gradients causEd. by large quantity of river run-off | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Indian Society for Physical Sciences of the Oceans | |
| dc.rights | Copyright [1992]. 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.title | Equatorward western boundary current in the Bay of Bengal during November - December 1983 | |
| dc.type | Conference Article | |
