dc.contributor.author | RameshBabu, V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Murty, V.S.N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rao, L.V.G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Prabhu, C.V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tilvi, V. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-04T04:44:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-04T04:44:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet. Sci.), vol.109(2), 255-265p. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/358 | |
dc.description.abstract | Hydrographic data collected on board ORV Sagar Kanya in the southern Bay of Bengal during the BOBMEX-Pilot programme (October -- November 1998) have been used to describe the thermohaline structure and circulation in the upper 200m water column of the study region. The presence of seasonal Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) over the study area, typically characterized with enhanced cloudiness and flanked by the respective east/northeast winds on its northern part and west/southwest winds on its southern part, has led to net surface heat loss of about 55W=m2. The sea surface dynamic topography relative to 500 db shows that the upper layer circulation is characterised by a cyclonic gyre encompassing the study area. The eastward flowing Indian Monsoon Current (IMC) between 5°N and 7°N in the south and its northward branching along 87°E up to 13°N appear to feed the cyclonic gyre. The Vessel-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (VM-ADCP) measured currents confirm the presence of the cyclonic gyre in the southern Bay of Bengal during the withdrawing phase of the southwest monsoon from the northern/central parts of the Bay of Bengal. | |
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dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Indian Academy of Sciences | |
dc.subject | Hydrographic data | |
dc.subject | Bay of Bengal | |
dc.title | Thermohaline structure and circulation in the upper layers of the southern Bay of Bengal during BOBMEX-Pilot (October-November 1998) | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |