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Upwelling in the southeastern Arabian Sea as evidenced by Ekman mass transport using wind observations from OCEANSAT–II Scatterometer

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Title Upwelling in the southeastern Arabian Sea as evidenced by Ekman mass transport using wind observations from OCEANSAT–II Scatterometer
 
Creator Smitha, A
Joseph, K Ajith
Jayaram, Chiranjivi
Balchand, A N
 
Subject Upwelling
Southwest coast of India
Ekman mass transport
Biological productivity
 
Description 111-116
Monthly Ekman
mass transport in the southeastern Arabian Sea
using scatterometer data from Oceansat-II satellite were estimated in the
present study. Seasonal variability of Ekman mass transport has been analyzed
to study the occurrence of coastal upwelling in this region. Prominent region
of upwelling along the southwest coast of India is between 8º and 14ºN.
Strong offshore Ekman mass transport of about -2000 kg/m/s was observed during
August due to the favorable wind conditions. Very weak offshore Ekman transport
was observed during the pre-monsoon months when the wind is weak and variable.
Moderate offshore transport was observed along the southwest coast between
December 2009 and February 2010.
 
Date 2014-02-05T09:17:05Z
2014-02-05T09:17:05Z
2014-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/26417
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(1) [January 2014]