Seasonal and Monthly Variation of Vertical Structure of Temperature,Salinity and Heat Flux of the Bay of Bengal |
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| Authors: | Bishnu Kumar Sourav Sil P C Pandey Arun Chakraborty |
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| Institution: | Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) , Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur , Kharagpur, India |
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| Abstract: | Seasonal and monthly variations of heat flux have been investigated in this study using the Modular Ocean Model of version 3 (MOM 3) simulations and 52 years Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) products. These variations of the heat flux in different boxes of the Bay of Bengal (BOB) in different depths show the different behavior of the boxes. It is seen that the model and SODA results are comparable. The basin shows north-south variation in the surface from winter to spring whereas there is east-west variation in the mixed layer throughout the year except winter. The remote effect caused by warm water penetration from Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Malacca and coastal Kelvin waves keeps the basin warm most of the year. This article addresses the mechanisms of the seasonal variation of the vertical structure of the temperature and heat flux components. |
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| Keywords: | MOM vertical structure heat flux BOB NCEP/NCAR SODA |
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