Different spreading of Somali and Arabian coastal upwelled waters in the northern Indian Ocean: A case study |
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Authors: | Vinu Valsala |
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Institution: | 1.Center for Global Environmental Research,National Institute for Environmental Studies,Tsukuba,Japan |
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Abstract: | The spreading pathways of the Somali and Arabian coastal upwelled waters in the northern Indian Ocean are identified from
an ocean re-analysis data set of a single year using numerical passive tracers in a transport model. The Somali and Arabian
coastal upwelled waters are found to have entirely different spreading pathways in the northern Indian ocean. The former circulates
anticyclonically, is mixed vertically, and is advected to the eastern Indian Ocean along the north equatorial region; while
the later intrudes into the northern Arabian Sea, circulates anticyclonically and is advected to the south in the central
Arabian Sea and then to the eastern Indian Ocean. The seasonal surface mixing by strong monsoon winds and sheared currents
due to dominant eddies of the Somali region are found responsible for mixing 25% of Somali upwelled water with the subsurface
and affecting the resultant pathways. The effect of mixing is, however, found negligible in the case of Arabian coastal upwelled
water pathways. The seasonal reversal of circulation and eddy dominance during the southwest monsoon cause the Somali upwelled
water to spread over the northern Indian Ocean faster than the simultaneously upwelled Arabian coastal water. |
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