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Property-Property relations: 22 degree and 9 degree discontinuities in the Arabian Sea

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Title Property-Property relations: 22 degree and 9 degree discontinuities in the Arabian Sea
 
Creator Somasundar, K.
Rajendran, A.
DileepKumar, M.
 
Subject Chemistry and Biogeochemistry
in situ measurements
physicochemical properties
water mixing
T/S diagrams
discontinuity layers
conservative properties
water masses
hydrography
ISW, Arabian Sea
 
Description Property-property relations, mostly of conservative chemical parameters, are used in this attempt in tracing various discontinuities in the Arabian Sea and to reveal in situ processes together with potential temperature-salinity plots. Plots of salinity, PO, NO, oxygen and water stability (E) against potential temperature reveal that two discontinuity layers, one at 22.2 degrees C (22 DD) and the other at 9.1 degrees C (9 DD) are found in the Arabian Sea. 22 DD seems to have been formed due to the mixing of shallow salinity maximum water (SSMW) and Persian Gulf water (PGW). This discontinuity is situated in the centre of the mixing depth interval. Red Sea water (RSW) mass contributes chiefly for 9 DD. Various physico-chemical characteristics of these two discontinuity layers are elucidated, along with those of other water masses and density surfaces
 
Date 1995-06-16T10:01:31Z
2017-09-29T13:48:13Z
1995-06-16T10:01:31Z
2017-09-29T13:48:13Z
1987
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Oceanologica Acta, vol.10; 1987; 293-299
0399-1784
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6095
 
Language en
 
Relation Oceanol Acta
SCI
 
Publisher Elsevier