Sengupta, Debasis and Goddalehundi, Bharath Raj and Anitha, DS (2008) Cyclone-induced mixing does not cool SST in the post-monsoon north Bay of Bengal. In: Atmospheric Science Letters, 9 (1). pp. 1-6.
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High-resolution data from the TRMM satellite shows that sea surface temperature (SST) cools by 3 degrees C under the tracks of pre-monsoon tropical cyclones in the north Indian Ocean. However, even the strongest post-monsoon cyclones do not cool the open north Bay of Bengal. In this region, a shallow layer of freshwater from river runoff and monsoon rain caps a deep warm layer. Therefore, storm-induced mixing is not deep, and it entrains warm subsurface water. It is possible that the hydrography of the post-monsoon north Bay favours intense cyclones.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Meteorological Society. |
| Keywords: | cyclone cooling;upper ocean processes;Bay of Bengal. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2009 04:28 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2009 12:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/19654 |
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