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Thermohaline Structure & Watermasses in the Northern Arabian Sea during February-April

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Title Thermohaline Structure & Watermasses in the Northern Arabian Sea during February-April
 
Creator Varma, K K
Kesavadas, V
Gouveia, A D
 
Description 148-155
Temperature and salinity distribution in the northern Arabian Sea during February-April 1974 was studied with the help of vertical sections parallel and perpendicular to the coast. In regions occupied during February, deep mixed layer and in regions occupied during March-April, shallow seasonal thermocline were present. Thickness of the main thermocline was about 75 m near the mouth of the Gulf of Oman and increased towards the northwest coast of India. Together with the formation of seasonal thermocline, the surface layers exhibited complex salinity structure. Persian Gulf water was generally present at about 300 m depth, while Arabian Sea high salinity water was noticed around 60 m depth in the eastern part of the study region. East of 63 ° E, the Persian Gulf water was not observed as a tongue but was present in various pockets. It is inferred that the chief flow of Persian Gulf water is not along the west coast of India.
 
Date 2016-12-27T07:14:40Z
2016-12-27T07:14:40Z
1980-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39246
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.09(3) [September 1980]