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dc.contributor.authorPrasannaKumar, S.
dc.contributor.authorSardesai, S.
dc.contributor.authorRamaiah, N.
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-27T13:04:39Z
dc.date.available2017-09-27T13:04:39Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society. Ed. by: Hall, J.; Harrison, D.E.; Stammer, D. ESA Publication, vol.Annex; 2010; 4pp.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/5146
dc.description.abstractThe northern Indian Ocean consists of two tropical basins (Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal) and the equatorial region that comes under the influence of monsoonal wind reversal. We present the results from three Indian programmes since 1992 aimed at understanding the seasonal variability of physical and biogeochemical parameters. The results showed strongest seasonal cycle in the Arabian Sea with blooms during summer and winter. Upwelling, advection and wind-mixing drive the summer bloom, while the winter bloom was due to convective-mixing. In the Bay of Bengal mesoscale eddies enhanced the biological productivity. The data collected so far suggest very low chlorophyll biomass and productivity in the equatorial Indian Ocean. Though our understanding of the coupling between the physical and biogeochemical fields in the northern Indian Ocean over the seasonal scale have enhanced tremendously, a sustained regional observational network including repeat sections, moored arrays and drifters is needed for understanding the climate variability.
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dc.publisherESA Publication
dc.rightsCopyright [2010]. 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.subjectphysical properties
dc.subjectbiogeochemistry
dc.subjectseasonal variations
dc.titleA decade of physical and biogeochemical measurements in the Northern Indian Ocean.
dc.typeConference Article


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