BoBBLE (Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment): Ocean-atmosphere interaction and its impact on the South Asian monsoon

Vinayachandran, P. N., Matthews, Adrian J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0492-1168, Vijay Kumar, K., Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra, Thushara, V., George, Jenson, Vijith, V., Webber, Benjamin G. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8812-5929, Queste, Bastien Y., Roy, Rajdeep, Sarkar, Amit, Baranowski, Dariusz B., Bhat, G. S., Klingaman, Nicholas P., Peatman, Simon C., Parida, C., Heywood, Karen J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-0026, Hall, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3665-6322, King, Brian, Kent, Elizabeth C., Nayak, Anoop A., Neema, C. P., Amol, P., Lotliker, A., Kankonkar, A., Gracias, D. G., Vernekar, S., Souza, A. C. D., Valluvan, G., Pargaonkar, Shrikant M., Dinesh, K., Giddings, Jack and Joshi, Manoj ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2948-2811 (2018) BoBBLE (Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment): Ocean-atmosphere interaction and its impact on the South Asian monsoon. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99 (8). 1569–1587. ISSN 0003-0007

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Abstract

The Bay of Bengal (BoB) plays a fundamental role in controlling the weather systems that make up the South Asian summer monsoon system. In particular, the southern BoB has cooler sea surface temperature (SST) that influence ocean-atmosphere interaction and impact on the monsoon. Compared to the southeast, the southwestern BoB is cooler, more saline, receives much less rain, and is influenced by the Summer Monsoon Current (SMC). To examine the impact of these features on the monsoon, the BoB Boundary Layer Experiment (BoBBLE) was jointly undertaken by India and the UK during June July 2016. Physical and bio-geochemical observations were made using a CTD, five ocean gliders, a uCTD, a VMP, two ADCPs, Argo floats, drifting buoys, meteorological sensors and upper air radiosonde balloons. The observations were made along a zonal section at 8N between 85.3E and 89E with a 10-day time series at 89E, 8N. This paper presents the new observed features of the southern BoB from the BoBBLE field program, supported by satellite data. Key results from the BoBBLE field campaign show the Sri Lanka Dome and the SMC in different stages of their seasonal evolution and two freshening events during which salinity decreased in the upper layer leading to the formation of thick barrier layers. BoBBLE observations were taken during a suppressed phase of the intraseasonal oscillation; they captured in detail the warming of the ocean mixed layer and preconditioning of the atmosphere to convection.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2018 17:30
Last Modified:	14 Jun 2023 13:16
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66180
DOI:	10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0230.1

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