Westward propagation of barrier layer formation in the 2006–07 Rossby wave event over the tropical southwest Indian Ocean
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[1] A suite of satellite and in-situ observations are used to study ocean-atmospheric conditions over the tropical Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO) during 2006–2007 when ElNino and an IndianOcean dipole took place simultaneously. Argo profiles reveal a pronounced up-westward propagation of subsurface warming in the southern tropical Indian Ocean associated with Rossby waves traveling on the sloping thermocline. With the thermocline deepening by 60 m, a thick barrier layer forms and propagates with the Rossby wave, potentially contributing to the mixed layer warming. Citation: Chowdary, J. S., C. Gnanaseelan, and S. P. Xie (2009), Westward propagation of barrier layer formation in the 2006–07 Rossby wave event over the tropical southwest Indian Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L04607, doi:10.1029/ 2008GL036642.
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