Estimation of Salt and Fresh Water Transports in the Bay of Bengal
Abstract
In the Indian Ocean, on annual time scales, there is a considerable exchange of salt and freshwater transports from Bay of Bengal (BoB) to the Arabian Sea (AS) and vice versa, and the paths of the high/low salinity waters are still speculative only. An important view of the pathways is the advection of low salinity waters from the BoB to the Southeastern Arabian Sea via the coastal Kelvin waves. The goal of this project is (i) to determine the propagation in the variability of coastally trapped Kelvin waves in the northern Indian Ocean, to establish pathways of fresh and salt water transports through the BoB to the AS, and to understand the impact of salinity on tropical cyclogenesis in the BoB; (ii) Pathways of fresh and salt water transport are investigated in the BoB and throughout the Indian Ocean.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA590690
Entities
People
- Bulusu Subrahmanyam
Organizations
- University of South Carolina