31 Observations of wind and waves in the central Bay of Bengal during BOBMEX-99 and their effect on the Mixed Layer Depth due to forced mixing.
The effect of wind and waves on mixed layer depth (MLD) variability due to forcing in the central Bay of Bengal during BOBMEX-99 suggests that, the observed MLD variability was due to local and remote forcing.
There is a possibility of predicting the MLD variability to a large extent by incorporating other physical processes.
32 Observational study of meteorological and oceanographic parameters from moored data buoys during BOBMEX
M. Ravichandran, V. Guathaman, D. Siva Kumar and K. Premkumar, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
A good agreement between the data observed from buoys and ships was noticed.
During the disturbed period, the SST showed little variation but the air-temperature showed large variation. A drop in air temperature typically of 2-3°C was seen during most of the observational period.
On the sediment dispersal during NE monsoon over the northern Bay of
Bengal: Preliminary interpretations from IRS-P4 OCM data.
O.S. Chauhan, A.S. Rajawat, S.R. Naik, J. Suneethi and Y. Pradhan, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
The preliminary results of this study during October 1999 through January 2000 from the False Color Composite (FCC) and sea truth data at 42 stations along the coast of northern Bay of Bengal showed that during the NE monsoon, there existed a teleconnection between enhanced discharge of Ganga-Brahmaputra and coastal turbidity.
Higher influx of suspended load off the Sand Head fed the coastal plumes, which moved into the shallow coastal waters and finally sank along the coastal stretches of southern Orissa and Northern A.P.
The suspended sediment discharge of Ganga-Brahmaputra system, therefore, continued to influence the coastal processes with much higher temporal and spatial variability along and across the continental margin.
34 An integrated marine data and information management system.
J.S. Sarupriya and G.V. Reddy, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.
A multi-disciplinary integrated marine data/information management system which revolved around a common meta data inventory base was developed and