%0 Journal Article
%T Observed Relationship between Surface Freshwater Flux and Salinity in The North Indian Ocean
%A Satya PRAKASH
%A C MAHESH
%A Rakesh Mohan GAIROLA
%A <br>Satya PRAKASH
%A C. MAHESH
%A Rakesh Mohan GAIROLA
%J 大气和海洋科学快报
%D 2012
%I 
%X Using 10-year (2001-10) monthly evaporation, precipitation, and sea surface salinity (SSS) datasets, the relationship between local freshwater flux and SSS in the north Indian Ocean (NIO) is evaluated quantitatively. The results suggest a highly positive linear correlation between freshwater flux and SSS in the Arabian Sea (correlation coefficient, R=0.74) and the western equatorial Indian Ocean (R=0.73), whereas the linear relationships are relatively weaker in the Bay of Bengal (R=0.50) and the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean (R=0.40). Additionally, the interannual variations of freshwater flux and SSS and their mutual relationship are investigated in four sub-regions for pre-monsoon, monsoon, and post-monsoon seasons separately. The satellite retrievals of SSS from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and Aquarius missions can provide continuous and consistent SSS fields for a better understanding of its variability and the differences between the freshwater flux and SSS signals, which are commonly thought to be linearly related.
%K Evaporation
%K precipitation
%K freshwater flux
%K sea surface salinity
%K North Indian Ocean<br>Evaporation
%K precipitation
%K freshwater
%K flux
%K sea
%K surface
%K salinity
%K North
%K Indian
%K Ocean
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