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Ocean Science Discussions

OSD

Ocean Sci. Discuss.

1812-0822

Göttingen, Germany

10.5194/osd-5-123-2008

Coastal upwelling along the southwest coast of India – ENSO modulation

Muni Krishna

¹ Kovačević

¹ Gačić

Dept. of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam – 530 003, India

21 04 2008

5 1 123 134

2008

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An index of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the Pacific during pre monsoon is shown to account for a significant part of the variability of coastal Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies measured a few months later within the wind driven southwest coast of India coastal upwelling region 7° N–14° N. This teleconnection is thought to result from an atmospheric bridge between the Pacific and north Indian Oceans, leading to warm (cold) ENSO events being associated with relaxation (intensification) of the Indian trade winds and of the wind-induced coastal upwelling. This ENSO related modulation of the wind-driven coastal upwelling appears to contribute to the connection observed at the basin-scale between ENSO and SST in the Arabian Sea. The ability to use this teleconnection to give warning of large changes in the southwest coast of India coastal upwelling few months in advance is successfully tested using data from 1998 and 1999 ENSO events.

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