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Salinity distribution in the Arabian Sea

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Title Salinity distribution in the Arabian Sea
 
Creator Kumar, P.V.Hareesh
Mathew, Basil
 
Description 271-277
In the Arabian Sea surface salinity (S-O) is more than 35 PSU throughout the year, except in the southeastern regions. Increase of S-O in the central Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon season was mainly due to evaporation and vertical mixing of surface waters with subsurface high saline waters. Increased evaporation in the northern Arabian Sea due to low air humidity causes high surface salinity (>36 PSU) throughout the year. The subsurface maximum in the upper 200m corresponds to the Arabian Sea Watermass which lies on the 23.5 kg.m(-3) sigma-t surface. Large difference between surface and subsurface salinity maxima (>0.2 PSU during winter and summer monsoon) suggests the significance of surface dilution in the eastern Arabian Sea. Another feature in the vertical salinity structure is the transient multiple subsurface maxima separated by pockets of low saline water.
 
Date 2016-10-27T05:52:42Z
2016-10-27T05:52:42Z
1997-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/36300
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.26(3) [September 1997]