Seasonal variability of the upper ocean driven by the atmospheric forcing and its regulation of nutrients and chlorophyll in the Bay of Bengal

• Main Author: Narvekar, J
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Barrier Layer; Eddies; Isothermal Layer; Mixed Layer; Remote Sensing; Sea Surface Salinity; Sea Surface Temperature

The upper ocean is the most variable and dynamically active part of the marine environment that couples the underlying ocean to the atmosphere above through the transfer of mass, momentum and energy. The thickness of mixed layer is an important parameter in determining the quantity of heat that is a...