Northern Indian Ocean Salt Transport (NIOST): Estimation of Fresh and Salt Water Transports in the Indian Ocean using Remote Sensing, Hydrographic Observations and HYCOM Simulations
Abstract
While the Indian Ocean s important contribution to global salt and heat budgets is well known to the scientific community, quantified analyses of its physical dynamics are underrepresented in the literature. Here we use the newly launched Aquarius satellite derived Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) data as well as Argo salinity profiles, model simulations and reanalysis products are used to quantify volume, salt, and freshwater transports in both the Arabian Sea (AS) and Bay of Bengal (BoB) and to examine the salinity structure and advection during the two annual monsoon seasons.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA624564
Entities
People
- Bulusu Subrahmanyam
Organizations
- University of South Carolina