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A semi-diagnostic calculation of climatic circulation in the western Indian Ocean

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Title A semi-diagnostic calculation of climatic circulation in the western Indian Ocean
 
Creator Shaji, C.
Bahulayan, N.
Dube, S.K.
Rao, A.D.
 
Subject tropical oceanography
ocean circulation
climate
ocean currents
monsoons
models
computation
surface topography
salinity
wind stress
 
Description A 3-dimensional, semi-diagnostic circulation model is used to compute the climatic circulation in the upper levels of western tropical Indian Ocean (20 degrees S-30 degrees N and 35 degrees E-80 degrees E) during the premonsoon month of May. The model involves the sea surface topography function used as the integral function, and is driven with the wind stress at surface and thermohaline forcing at different levels. A steady state solution is obtained within 40 days of model integration. Computed currents are compared with available observations on currents at selected regions in the model area and it has been found that both agreed fairly well. Computed results are also explained in terms of the model forcing parameters and the dynamics considered in the model.
 
Date 2009-01-12T11:10:08Z
2009-01-12T11:10:08Z
1997
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, Vol.26; 241-249p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2104
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1997]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher NISCAIR, CSIR