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- Title
Dynamics of intensification of the boreal summer monsoon flow during IOD events.
- Authors
Sundaram, Suchithra; Krishnan, R.; Dey, Ayantika; Swapna, P.
- Abstract
The present study focuses on understanding the dynamics of intensification of the boreal summer monsoon cross-equatorial flow generally observed during positive-Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) events, by taking 1994 as a case study. In particular, the influence of the anomalous divergent motions during 1994 (i.e., east–west circulation over equatorial Indian Ocean and the monsoon Hadley-type circulation) on the intensification of summer monsoon cross-equatorial flow is investigated. This problem is examined using diagnostic analyses and simulation experiments from a multi-level global atmospheric model forced with observed diabatic heating. The results suggest that the transfer of kinetic energy (KE) from the divergent motions to the rotational flows can be very effective during IOD periods like 1994; and provides a plausible explanation for the increase of KE of the monsoon cross-equatorial flow over Bay-of-Bengal and adjoining areas. The study also investigates the enhanced activity of westward propagating disturbances observed during 1994 over the monsoon region.
- Subjects
INDIAN Ocean; MONSOONS; OCEANOGRAPHY experiments; ATMOSPHERIC models; FORCING (Model theory)
- Publication
Meteorology & Atmospheric Physics, 2010, Vol 107, Issue 1/2, p17
- ISSN
0177-7971
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00703-010-0066-z