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dc.contributor.authorAboobacker, V.M.
dc.contributor.authorVethamony, P.
dc.contributor.authorRashmi, R.
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-15T09:54:04Z
dc.date.available2011-02-15T09:54:04Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationGeophysical Research Letters, vol.38(3); 2011; 7 pp., doi:10.1029/2010GL045736
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dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3793
dc.description.abstractWave data collected off Ratnagiri, Goa and Dwarka along the west coast of India during winter season (NE monsoon and early pre‐monsoon) present distinct wave characteristics with periodicity ranging between 2 and 5 days associated with shamal events. The notable wave characteristics during these events are: an increase in wave height, decrease in swell period and a common propagation direction (northwest) for wind sea and swell. IFREMER/CERSAT blended winds clearly show the presence of strong northwesterly winds in the Arabian Peninsula and northwestern Arabian Sea, which are associated with the winter shamal events. The winds during such events generate large northwesterly swells (shamal swells) in the northwestern Arabian Sea and propagate towards the west coast of India in the NW direction with mean periods ranging between 6 and 8 s. Numerical simulations reproduce the shamal swells over the Arabian Sea, and they can be traced all along the west coast of India, however, with lesser order of magnitude from north to south. Generation and propagation of shamal swells and their influence along the west coast of India have been described.
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dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union
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dc.rightsAn edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright [2011] AGU. To view the published open abstract, go to http://dx.doi.org and enter the DOI.
dc.subjectWave data
dc.subjectmonsoon
dc.subjectshamal swells
dc.subjectArabian Sea
dc.title'Shamal' swells in the Arabian Sea and their influence along the west coast of India
dc.typeJournal Article


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