A southwest monsoon hydrographic climatology for the Northwestern Arabian Sea
This paper provides a detailed hydrographic climatology for the shallow northwestern Arabian Sea prior to and during the southwest monsoon, presented as multiple-year composite vertical hydrographic sections based on National Oceanographic Data Center historical ocean station data. Temperature and s...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19920062196 2023-05-15T14:03:21+02:00 A southwest monsoon hydrographic climatology for the Northwestern Arabian Sea Brock, John C. Mcclain, Charles R. Hay, W. W. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Jun 15, 1992 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19920062196 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19920062196 Accession ID: 92A44820 Copyright Other Sources 48 Journal of Geophysical Research; 97; C6, J 1992 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T19:36:07Z This paper provides a detailed hydrographic climatology for the shallow northwestern Arabian Sea prior to and during the southwest monsoon, presented as multiple-year composite vertical hydrographic sections based on National Oceanographic Data Center historical ocean station data. Temperature and salinity measurements are used to infer the water masses present in the upper 500 m. The hydrographic evolution depicted on bimonthly sections is inferred to result from wind-driven physical processes. In the northwestern Arabian Sea the water mass in the upper 50 m is the Arabian Sea Surface Water. Waters from 50 to 500 m are formed by mixing of Arabian Sea Surface Water with Antarctic and Indonesian intermediate waters. The inflow of Persian Gulf Water does not significantly influence the hydrography of the northwestern Arabian Sea along the Omani coast. Nitrate has a high inverse correlation with temperature and oxygen in the premonsoon thermocline in the depth interval 50-150 m. During the southwest monsoon, coastal upwelling off Oman and adjacent offshore upward Ekman pumping alter the shallow hydrography. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Antarctic |
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This paper provides a detailed hydrographic climatology for the shallow northwestern Arabian Sea prior to and during the southwest monsoon, presented as multiple-year composite vertical hydrographic sections based on National Oceanographic Data Center historical ocean station data. Temperature and salinity measurements are used to infer the water masses present in the upper 500 m. The hydrographic evolution depicted on bimonthly sections is inferred to result from wind-driven physical processes. In the northwestern Arabian Sea the water mass in the upper 50 m is the Arabian Sea Surface Water. Waters from 50 to 500 m are formed by mixing of Arabian Sea Surface Water with Antarctic and Indonesian intermediate waters. The inflow of Persian Gulf Water does not significantly influence the hydrography of the northwestern Arabian Sea along the Omani coast. Nitrate has a high inverse correlation with temperature and oxygen in the premonsoon thermocline in the depth interval 50-150 m. During the southwest monsoon, coastal upwelling off Oman and adjacent offshore upward Ekman pumping alter the shallow hydrography. |
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A southwest monsoon hydrographic climatology for the Northwestern Arabian Sea |
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A southwest monsoon hydrographic climatology for the Northwestern Arabian Sea |
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A southwest monsoon hydrographic climatology for the Northwestern Arabian Sea |
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A southwest monsoon hydrographic climatology for the Northwestern Arabian Sea |
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A southwest monsoon hydrographic climatology for the Northwestern Arabian Sea |
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southwest monsoon hydrographic climatology for the northwestern arabian sea |
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