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Why is Bay of Bengal warmer than Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon?
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Why is Bay of Bengal warmer than Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon?
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| Creator |
Shenoi, S.S.C.
Shankar, D. Shetye, S.R. |
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surface temperature
heat budget air-sea interaction summer monsoon ocean circulation upper ocean |
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| Description |
The near-surface Bay of Bengal remains significantly warmer than the Arabian Sea during summer monsoon (June-September). Analysis of the heat budgets of the near-surface Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal shows significant differences between them during the summer monsoon. In the Arabian Sea, the winds associated with the summer monsoon are stronger and favour the transfer of heat to deeper layers owing to overturning and turbulent mixing. In contrast, the weaker winds over the bay force a relatively sluggish oceanic circulation that is unable to overturn, forcing a heat-budget balance between the surface fluxes and diffusion and the rate of change of heat in the near-surface layer.
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| Date |
2008-07-02T07:32:25Z
2008-07-02T07:32:25Z 2004 |
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Conference Article
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Proceedings of the National Symposium METOC - 2004 on Emerging Trends in the Fields of Oceanography and Meteorology, 05-06 February 2004, 87-93p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1187 |
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en
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Copyright [2004]. It is tried to respect the rights of the copyright holders to the best of the knowledge. If it is brought to our notice that the rights are violated then the item would be withdrawn.
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School of Naval Oceanology and Meteorology, India
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