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dc.contributor.authorMurty, V.S.N.
dc.contributor.authorMurty, C.S.
dc.contributor.authorSarma, Y.V.B.
dc.contributor.authorRao, D.P.
dc.contributor.authorSastry, J.S.
dc.contributor.authorRao, G.R.L.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-21T11:25:26Z
dc.date.available2009-01-21T11:25:26Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.citationPresent and Future of Oceanographic Programs in Developing Countries, Vienna and Honolulu, Ed. by: Durvasula, S.V. 1-16p.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2269
dc.description.abstractIn the Bay of Bengal, the water transport and potential vorticity (PV) during the southwest monsoon are examined through the prevailing thermohaline and wind-driven circulation. The Indian Monsoon Current (IMC) and the north flowing Eastern Boundary Current (EBC) contributed to an influx of 3.5 x 10 sup(6 m sup(3/s water respectively. The influence of overlying less saline, fresher water at the northern Bay: Ekman suction due to the wind stress curl in the central Bay; and the east-flowing IMC in the southern Bay have been explained in relation to distribution of PV as shallow (24.0 s sub(Q)) isopycnal. The EBC is characterized by uniform, higher PV (100 x 10 sup(-11) m sup(-1) S sup(-1)) while the IMC by a lower value (75 x 10 sup(-11) m sup(-1) S sup(-1)). Following the depth of varying influence of wind from north (500 m) to the south (250 m), the waters of the Bay have been divided into upper and lower layers where horizontal advection and diffusion indicated dominance in the upper and lower layers up to 1200 m with predominant lateral (isopycnal) mixing over the vertical (cross-isopycnal) mixing.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAndhra University, Visakhapatnam (India)
dc.rightsCopyright [1996]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
dc.subjectbay dynamics
dc.subjectvolume transport
dc.subjectpotential vorticity
dc.subjectmonsoons
dc.subjecteastern boundary currents
dc.subjectekman pumping
dc.subjectwind stress curl
dc.subjectmeridional oceanic circulation
dc.subjecthorizontal advection
dc.subjectdiffusion
dc.subjectwater mixing
dc.titleTransport and potential vorticity in the Bay of Bengal during the southwest monsoon
dc.typeConference Article


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