PL24B:
New Insights into the Dynamics of the Western Tropical Indian Ocean II Posters
PL24B:
New Insights into the Dynamics of the Western Tropical Indian Ocean II Posters
New Insights into the Dynamics of the Western Tropical Indian Ocean II Posters
Session ID#: 27486
Session Description:
The circulation in the western tropical Indian Ocean is driven by monsoonal forcing leading to seasonally reversing currents as well as vigorous coastal upwelling and (sub)mesoscale activity, particularly in the Arabian Sea. Regional water masses are created and modified through a combination of extreme air-sea interactions and upper-ocean mixing processes, which may feed back on the Indian monsoon itself. This session will highlight new insights into the physical and biogeochemical interactions of all major western tropical Indian Ocean areas including the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, the Mozambique Channel, and the Seychelles-Chagos thermocline ridge. Abstracts are also solicited on the connectivity of the western tropical Indian Ocean to adjacent seas such as the Bay of Bengal and the Agulhas region. In particular, we seek contributions that emphasize the use of combined components of the global ocean observing system (including in situ and autonomous measurements as well as remote sensing), innovative standalone observations, or model studies of varied complexity to elucidate the dynamics of the circulation in the western tropical Indian Ocean, the coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions, and the connection to the Indian monsoon variability.
Primary Chair: Verena Hormann, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs: Janet Sprintall, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Andrey Shcherbina, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Hyodae Seo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Moderators: Janet Sprintall, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Verena Hormann, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Andrey Shcherbina, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States and Hyodae Seo, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons: Janet Sprintall, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Verena Hormann, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Index Terms:
4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4532 General circulation [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4572 Upper ocean and mixed layer processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
9340 Indian Ocean [GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION]
Cross-Topics:
- OM - Ocean Modeling
- PS - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Smaller
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Seasonal cycle and annual reversal of the Somali Current in an eddy-resolving global ocean model (322570)
The Connectivity and Exchange of Watermasses Between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea (Invited) (228828)
See more of: Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Larger