Observing oceanic heat fluxes in the Arabian Sea warm pool
Abstract
The warm pool in the SW Arabian Sea, a region where sea surface temperature exceeds 30 degrees Celsius, typically develops in the spring, and plays a critical role in the timing and strength of monsoon initiation. The development of the warm pool results from a combination of one-dimensional processes and three-dimensional stirring and subduction. Here we propose dedicated ship-board profiling with a suite of instruments to i) constrain one-dimensional mixing processes in creation and destruction of the SE Arabian Sea warm pool, ii) understand the phenomenology and role of 3-D subduction and stirring in pre-conditioning of this region for warming, and iii) quantify larger-scale regional statistics across the Arabian Sea at high resolution.This abstract is publicly releasable.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2023
- Source ID
- N000142312056
Entities
People
- Jennifer MacKinnon
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of California, San Diego