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dc.contributor.authorFournier, S.
dc.contributor.authorVialard, J.
dc.contributor.authorLengaigne, M.
dc.contributor.authorLee, T.
dc.contributor.authorGierach, M.M.
dc.contributor.authorChaitanya, A.V.S.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-06
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-23T09:24:51Z
dc.date.available2017-11-17
dc.date.available2018-10-23T09:24:51Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol.122(12); 2017; 9591-9604
dc.identifier.issn2169-9275
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013333
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/7765
dc.description.abstractThe Bay of Bengal receives large amounts of freshwater from the Ganga?Brahmaputra (GB) river during the summer monsoon. The resulting upper?ocean freshening influences seasonal rainfall, cyclones, and biological productivity. Sparse in situ observations and previous modeling studies suggest that the East India Coastal Current (EICC) transports these freshwaters southward after the monsoon as an approximately 200 km wide, 2,000 km long �river in the sea� along the East Indian coast. Sea surface salinity (SSS) from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite provides unprecedented views of this peculiar feature from intraseasonal to interannual timescales. SMAP SSS has a 0.83 correlation and 0.49 rms?difference to 0-5 m in situ measurements. SMAP and in stu data both indicate a SSS standard deviation of ?0.7 to 1 away from the coast, that rises to 2 pss within 100 km of the coast, providing a very favorable signal?to?noise ratio in coastal areas. SMAP also captures the strong northern BoB, postmonsoon cross?shore SSS contrasts (?10 pss) measured along ship transects. SMAP data are also consistent with previous modeling results that suggested a modulation of the EICC/GB plume southward extent by the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). Remote forcing associated with the negative Indian Ocean Dipole in the fall of 2016 indeed caused a stronger EICC and �river in the sea� that extended by approximately 800 km further south than that in 2015 (positive IOD year). The combination of SMAP and altimeter data shows eddies stirring the freshwater plume away from the coast.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofJ Geophys Res-Ocean
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
dc.titleModulation of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Plume by the Indian Ocean Dipole and Eddies Inferred From Satellite Observations
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA


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