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Vertical propagation of baroclinic Kelvin waves along the west coast of India

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Title Vertical propagation of baroclinic Kelvin waves along the west coast of India
 
Creator Nethery, D.
Shankar, D.
 
Subject Arabian Sea
Indian Ocean
West India Coastal Current
Monsoon Current
Equatorial oceanography
Remote forcing
 
Description A linear, continuously stratified ocean model is used to investigate vertical propagation of remotely forced, baroclinic Kelvin waves along the Indian west coast. The extent of vertical propagation over the length of the coast is found to be an increasing function of the forcing frequency. Simulations show that, over the length of the Indian west coast, vertical propagation is limited at annual and semiannual periods, but significant at periods shorter than about 120 days. This has two major consequences. First, the depth of subsurface currents associated with these frequencies varies substantially along the coast. Second, baroclinic Kelvin waves generated in the Bay of Bengal at periods shorter than about 120 days have negligible influence on surface currents along the north Indian west coast.
Department of Ocean Development, New Delhi
Ecole Normale Superior, France
CNRS, France
 
Date 2007-05-14T06:56:50Z
2007-05-14T06:56:50Z
2007
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Earth System Science, vol.116(4), 331-339p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/606
 
Language en
 
Rights Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
 
Format 244301 bytes
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Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences