Does winter cooling lead to the subsurface salinity minimum off Saurashtra, India?

dc.contributor.author	Shetye, S.R.
dc.contributor.author	Gouveia, A.D.
dc.contributor.author	Shenoi, S.S.C.
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-08T12:15:10Z
dc.date.available	2009-05-08T12:15:10Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.citation	Oceanography of the Indian Ocean. Ed. by: Desai, B.N., 617-625p.
dc.identifier.uri	http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3139
dc.description.abstract	Cold and dry winds of the northeast monsoon cool the northern Arabian Sea during November-January. The intensity of cooling is highest in the proximity of the peninsula of Saurashtra, India. Using hydrographic data, we propose that the cooling in this region, particularly during cold outbreaks, increases the density of shelf waters sufficiently to form a water mass which sinks and spreads at a depth of about 150 m and is characterizEd. by a weak salinity minimum with sigma-theta in the range of 25.5-26.6 gm/cm super(3). It appears that the advection of lower salinity water into the basin by the northeast monsoon coastal current and subsequent evaporation in the mixed-layer also plays a role in recharge of the salinity minimum
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Oxford and IBH, New Delhi
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	Does winter cooling lead to the subsurface salinity minimum off Saurashtra, India?
dc.type	Conference Article