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Observed variability of sea surface salinity and thermal inversions in the Lakshadweep Sea during contrast monsoons

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Title Observed variability of sea surface salinity and thermal inversions in the Lakshadweep Sea during contrast monsoons
 
Creator Gopalakrishna, V.V.
Johnson, Z.
Salgaonkar, G.
Nisha, K.
Rajan, C.K.
Rao, R.R.
 
Subject surface salinity
seasonal variations
monsoons
horizontal advection
winter
XBTs
temperature profiles
geostrophic flow
 
Description The sea surface salinity (SSS) of the Lakshadweep Sea (LS) shows large seasonal variability due to horizontal advection of low (high) salinity waters from south (north) during winter (summer) monsoon. The measurements made in the LS during the Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment (ARMEX), have shown a dramatic drop of 3.4 PSU in the SSS during the winter following an active (2003) monsoon that is double that of the drop of 1.7 PSU observed during the winter following a weak (2002) monsoon. The resultant near-surface thermal inversions also have shown large differences in the life cycle and depth of occurrence between these two winters
 
Date 2008-02-22T06:39:45Z
2008-02-22T06:39:45Z
2005
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Geophysical research letters, Vol.32; L18605, doi:10.1029/2005GL023280, 4 ppp.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1017
 
Language en
 
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Publisher AGU