Diurnal Cycle Induced Amplification of Sea Surface Temperature Intraseasonal Oscillations Over the Bay of Bengal in Summer Monsoon Season
Description:
Using observations during the monsoon of 1998 in the Bay of Bengal, researchers show that the strong near-surface diurnal variation during warming phases of the intraseasonal oscillations (ISO) leads to almost double the magnitude of the diurnal sea surface temperature (SST) as compared to that during the cooling phases. The simulation experiments indicate that more than one-third of the observed SST ISO amplitude could arise from the rectification of the diurnal cycle through the influence of late night and early daytime upper-ocean mixing processes during the warming phases. [Source: Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE]
