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| Akhil, V. P.; Lengaigne, Matthieu; Durand, Fabien; Vialard, Jerome; Chaitanya, A. V. S.; Keerthi, M. G.; Gopalakrishna, V. V.; Boutin, Jacqueline; De Boyer Montegut, Clement. |
| The Bay of Bengal (BoB) exhibits a wide range of sea surface salinity (SSS), with very fresh water induced by heavy monsoonal precipitation and river run-offs to the north, and saltier water to the south. This is a particularly challenging region for the application of satellite-derived SSS measurements because of the potential pollution of the SSS signal by radio frequency interference (RFI) and land-induced contamination in this semi-enclosed basin. The present study validates recent level-3 monthly gridded (1° × 1°) SSS products from Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and Aquarius missions to an exhaustive in situ SSS product for the BoB. Current SMOS SSS retrievals do not perform better than existing climatologies. This is in stark contrast to... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00319/42986/45003.pdf |
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| Akhil, V. P.; Durand, Fabien; Lengaigne, Matthieu; Vialard, Jerome; Keerthi, M. G.; Gopalakrishna, V. V.; Deltel, Charles; Papa, Fabrice; De Boyer Montegut, Clement. |
| In response to the Indian Monsoon freshwater forcing, the Bay of Bengal exhibits a very strong seasonal cycle in sea surface salinity (SSS), especially near the mouths of the Ganges-Brahmaputra and along the east coast of India. In this paper, we use an eddy-permitting (∼25 km resolution) regional ocean general circulation model simulation to quantify the processes responsible for this SSS seasonal cycle. Despite the absence of relaxation toward observations, the model reproduces the main features of the observed SSS seasonal cycle, with freshest water in the northeastern Bay, particularly during and after the monsoon. The model also displays an intense and shallow freshening signal in a narrow (∼100 km wide) strip that hugs the east coast of India, from... |
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| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00197/30819/29189.pdf |
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| Akhil, V. P.; Lengaigne, M.; Vialard, J.; Durand, F.; Keerthi, M. G.; Chaitanya, A. V. S.; Papa, F.; Gopalakrishna, V. V.; De Boyer Montegut, Clement. |
| Recent observational studies provided preliminary insights on the interannual variability of Bay of Bengal (BoB) Sea Surface Salinity (SSS), but are limited by the poor data coverage. Here, we describe the BoB interannual SSS variability and its driving processes from a regional eddy-permitting ocean general circulation model forced by interannually varying air-sea fluxes and altimeter-derived discharges of major rivers over the past two decades. Simulated interannual SSS variations compare favorably with both in situ and satellite data and are largest in boreal fall in three regions: the northern BoB, the coastal region off east India, and the Andaman Sea. In the northern BoB, these variations are independent from those in other regions and mostly driven... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00360/47134/47083.pdf |
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