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dc.contributor.authorRameshBabu, V.
dc.contributor.authorMurty, V.S.N.
dc.contributor.authorRao, L.V.G.
dc.contributor.authorPrabhu, C.V.
dc.contributor.authorTilvi, V.
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-04T04:44:55Z
dc.date.available2006-09-04T04:44:55Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.identifier.citationProc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Earth Planet. Sci.), vol.109(2), 255-265p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/358
dc.description.abstractHydrographic data collected on board ORV Sagar Kanya in the southern Bay of Bengal during the BOBMEX-Pilot programme (October -- November 1998) have been used to describe the thermohaline structure and circulation in the upper 200m water column of the study region. The presence of seasonal Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) over the study area, typically characterized with enhanced cloudiness and flanked by the respective east/northeast winds on its northern part and west/southwest winds on its southern part, has led to net surface heat loss of about 55W=m2. The sea surface dynamic topography relative to 500 db shows that the upper layer circulation is characterised by a cyclonic gyre encompassing the study area. The eastward flowing Indian Monsoon Current (IMC) between 5°N and 7°N in the south and its northward branching along 87°E up to 13°N appear to feed the cyclonic gyre. The Vessel-Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (VM-ADCP) measured currents confirm the presence of the cyclonic gyre in the southern Bay of Bengal during the withdrawing phase of the southwest monsoon from the northern/central parts of the Bay of Bengal.
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dc.publisherIndian Academy of Sciences
dc.subjectHydrographic data
dc.subjectBay of Bengal
dc.titleThermohaline structure and circulation in the upper layers of the southern Bay of Bengal during BOBMEX-Pilot (October-November 1998)
dc.typeJournal Article


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