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Arabian Sea mini warm pool and the monsoon onset vortex

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Title Arabian Sea mini warm pool and the monsoon onset vortex
 
Creator Vinayachandran, P.N.
Shankar, D.
Kurian, J.
Durand, F.
Shenoi, S.S.C.
 
Subject Arabian Sea
mini warm pool
monsoon onset vortex
Lakshadweep
ARMEX
temperature inversion
Laccadive
Barrier layer
 
Description Warm pools – regions with sea surface temperature (SST) in excess of 28°C – in the ocean occupy a special place in tropical climate owing to their impact on tropical convection. The southeastern Arabian Sea presents SST in excess of 30°C for two to three months preceding the onset of the summer (southwest) monsoon over India. Recently, several attempts have been made to understand the processes that cause such high
SSTs in the region. The literature is also strewn with observations and modelling of a ‘monsoon onset vortex’ forming over the warm pool. This paper is a review of our current understanding of the Arabian Sea mini warm pool and its possible role in the formation of the monsoon onset vortex.
DST; INCOIS/MoES.
IRD, IFPReWaC.
 
Date 2007-07-31T05:36:00Z
2007-07-31T05:36:00Z
2007
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Current Science, vol. 93(2), 203-214p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/640
 
Language en
 
Rights Current Science Association
 
Format 618076 bytes
application/pdf
 
Publisher Indian Academy of Sciences