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Intraseasonal vertical velocity variation caused by the equatorial wave in the central equatorial Indian Ocean

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Title Intraseasonal vertical velocity variation caused by the equatorial wave in the central equatorial Indian Ocean
 
Creator Horii, T.
Masumoto, Y.
Ueki, I.
PrasannaKumar, S.
Mizuno, K.
 
Subject current velocity
temporal variations
wave effects
 
Description Intraseasonal vertical velocity variation in the central equatorial Indian Ocean was investigated using observations from the field experiment "Mirai Indian Ocean Cruise for the Study of the MJO-convection Onset" and from the Research Moored Array for African-Asian-Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction, in October-November 2006. Using an array of four subsurface moored acoustic Doppler current profilers, we estimated vertical velocity by applying the continuity equation. Results indicated alternating downwelling and upwelling episodes at around thermocline depth, with maximum amplitudes larger than 8.0 × 10 sup(−5) m s sup(−1), or about 7 m per day. The vertical velocity variation was mainly produced by the divergence/convergence of meridional currents, with a quasi-biweekly period of 11–16 days. The temporal changes in temperature around thermocline depth were consistent with variations in vertical velocity, whereas upwelling had less impact on the surface layer temperature. Intraseasonal variations in the ocean may be a part of biweekly fluctuations by remotely forced mixed Rossby-gravity waves, which have a meridional current maximum at the equator, accompanied by divergence/convergence in the surface layer a few degrees from the equator
 
Date 2012-01-03T04:57:07Z
2012-01-03T04:57:07Z
2011
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Geophysical Research, vol.116, C09005; 2011; doi:10.1029/2011JC007081
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3986
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright [2011] AGU. To view the published open abstract, go to http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007081
 
Publisher American Geophysical Union