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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-393-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-393-2021
Research article
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03 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 03 Mar 2021

Correlation between subsurface salinity anomalies in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean Dipole and governing mechanisms

Zheen Zhang, Thomas Pohlmann, and Xueen Chen

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In this study, we found that the interannual subsurface temperature and salinity variability of the Bay of Bengal (BoB) shows a remarkable delayed correlation with the Indian Ocean Dipole mode. We employed a regional model and determined the contributions of the coastal Kelvin waves and the westward-moving Rossby waves to this correlation. An analysis of the salinity budget revealed that the advection terms dominate the subsurface salinity changes in the BoB.
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