REVISION – THE HINDU – EDITORIAL NO.1-JUNE 2018

REVISION – THE HINDU – EDITORIAL NO.1-JUNE 2018

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1. The ocean–atmosphere interaction plays a major role in controlling weather systems

Mapping southern Bay of Bengal for insights into the summer monsoon

An international team of ocean researchers has now generated a comprehensive in situ observational dataset of the physical,

chemical and biological parameters of the southern Bay of Bengal, air–sea interface and the overlying atmosphere. The

ocean–atmosphere interaction plays a major role in controlling the weather systems associated with the Indian summer

monsoon (June–September).

The field programme was carried out as a part of the Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment (BoBBLE) to collect the

dataset, onboard one of India’s research ships Sindhu Sadhana,

The two-month study — June to July 2016 — was carried out on multiple platforms (ship, ocean gliders and Argo floats) to

measure salinity, conductivity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll content in the sea water.

Salinity contrast

“There is a huge salinity contrast between Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

There are no major rivers in the western side of India. So Arabian Sea does not get much fresh water.