Prolonged La Niña events and the associated heat distribution in the Tropical Indian Ocean.
In: Climate Dynamics, Jg. 58 (2022-05-01), Heft 9/10, S. 2351-2369
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In the present study, heat redistribution in the Tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) associated with the prolonged La Niña events during 1958–2017 is examined using reanalysis/observations. It is found that the prolonged La Niña forcing strengthened the east–west thermocline gradient in the equatorial Indian Ocean and propelled the eastward extension of thermocline ridge of the Indian Ocean (TRIO) from its climatological location of southwestern TIO. The cyclonic winds over the southeastern TIO and the associated upwelling Rossby waves are primarily driving the TRIO intensification and its eastward extension. Anomalous subsurface warming, thermocline deepening, and the associated increase in the upper ocean heat content and sea-level in the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean, southeastern TIO and Bay of Bengal (BoB) are found to be the characteristic features of the prolonged La Niña events. Cross equatorial Sverdrup transport near the eastern boundary during the prolonged La Niña events has increased the heat content of BoB and is found to be a pathway of Pacific water entering the north Indian Ocean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Prolonged La Niña events and the associated heat distribution in the Tropical Indian Ocean.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Mukhopadhyay, Soumya ; Gnanaseelan, C. ; Chowdary, Jasti S. ; Parekh, Anant ; Mohapatra, Sandeep |
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Zeitschrift: | Climate Dynamics, Jg. 58 (2022-05-01), Heft 9/10, S. 2351-2369 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2022 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0930-7575 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00382-021-06005-2 |
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