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Seasonal cycle of sea level and currents along the coast of India

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title Seasonal cycle of sea level and currents along the coast of India
 
Creator Shankar, D.
 
Subject Indian Ocean
Tide gauge
PSMSL
Ocean circulation
Salinity
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Rossby waves
Kelvin waves
East India Coastal Current
West India Coastal Current
 
Description A framework involving long baroclinic waves, which treats the north Indian Ocean
as a single dynamical entity, has been remarkably successful in simulating the
low-frequency, large-scale circulation in the ocean. It is, however, unable
to simulate the observed seasonal cycle of sea level along the Indian coast.
The reason appears to be the absence of salinity variation in the models. The large inflow of freshwater into the seas around India forces large changes in salinity, and hence, in coastal sea level.
Department of Ocean Development
 
Date 2006-03-27T06:10:47Z
2006-03-27T06:10:47Z
2000
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Current Science, vol. 78(3), 279-288
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/31
 
Language en
 
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Format 2222750 bytes
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Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences