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The movement and implications of the Ganges-Bramhaputra runoff on entering the Bay of Bengal

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title The movement and implications of the Ganges-Bramhaputra runoff on entering the Bay of Bengal
 
Creator Shetye, S.R.
 
Subject surface salinity
surface temperature
coastal currents
mixing processes
river discharge
 
Description The Ganges-Brahmaputra rivers discharge annually approximately 10 sup(2) m sup(3) of freshwater into the Bay of Bengal at its northern end. We propose that the spread of this water, accompaniEd. by mixing with the ambient waters, occurs in three phases. The Ganges-Brahmaputra discharge appears to lead to cooler sea surface temperatures in the northern Bay and to a stronger coastal current along the West Coast of India, both during the northeast monsoon
 
Date 2009-05-06T11:16:53Z
2009-05-06T11:16:53Z
1993
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Current Science, Vol.64; 32-38p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2908
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1993]. 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 Current Science Association, Bangalore, India