Winter cooling in the northern Arabian Sea

SP Kumar, TG Prasad - Current Science, 1996 - JSTOR
The upper thermo-haline structure and the surface meteorological parameters of the central
and eastern Arabian Sea during the inter-monsoon (April-May, 1994) and winter monsoon …

Warming of the Eurasian landmass is making the Arabian Sea more productive

JI Goes, PG Thoppil, HR Gomes, JT Fasullo - Science, 2005 - science.org
The recent trend of declining winter and spring snow cover over Eurasia is causing a land-
ocean thermal gradient that is particularly favorable to stronger southwest (summer) …

Is the Arabian Sea getting more productive?

S Prakash, R Ramesh - Current Science, 2007 - JSTOR
Recent observations based on ocean colour show that summer productivity in the western
Arabian Sea has been increasing during the last seven years, reportedly due to the warming …

[PDF][PDF] Decadal variation of sea surface temperatures, cloudiness and monsoon depressions in the north Indian ocean

M Rajeevan, US De, RK Prasad - Current Science, 2000 - repository.ias.ac.in
Wang" showed a similar rapid transition from the cold to warm state of the Indian Ocean in
the late 1970s. Such a warm state remained in the inter-decadal mode. This warm inter …

Arabian Sea oceanography and fisheries of the west coast of India

M Madhupratap, KNV Nair, TC Gopalakrishnan… - Current Science, 2001 - JSTOR
The physical and chemical forcing, which drives the Arabian Sea production is now fairly
under stood. The main attributes which contribute to the productivity are (1) the boundary …

Influence of northeasterly trade winds on intensity of winter bloom in the Northern Arabian Sea

RM Dwivedi, M Raman, S Parab, SGP Matondkar… - Current Science, 2006 - JSTOR
Chlorophyll and wind pattern retrieved from remote sensing data have been used to study
biological activity in the oceanic waters of Northern Arabian Sea (NAS) during February …

What drives the increased phytoplankton biomass in the Arabian Sea?

SP Kumar, RP Roshin, J Narvekar, PKD Kumar… - Current Science, 2010 - JSTOR
The seasonal variability of phytoplankton biomass in the Arabian Sea, though a well
researched topic, its inter-annual variability is less explored and understood. Analysis of the …

Bacterial abundance and production in the central and eastern Arabian Sea

N Ramaiah, S Raghukumar, M Gauns - Current Science, 1996 - JSTOR
Seasonal and spatial variations in bacterial and picoplankton abundances and bacterial
production (thymidine incorporation rates) were determined in the water column up to 150 m …

Ocean biogeochemistry and atmospheric composition: Significance of the Arabian Sea

SWA Naqvi, DA Jayakumar - Current Science, 2000 - JSTOR
The Arabian Sea is an important site of biogeochemical ocean–atmosphere transfers, which
play a crucial role in regulating the atmospheric chemical composition and the earth's …

High biological productivity in the central Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon driven by Ekman pumping and lateral advection

SP Kumar, M Madhupratap, MD Kumar… - Current Science, 2001 - JSTOR
Open oceans are generally oligotrophic and support less biological production. Results from
the central Arabian Sea show that it may be an exception to this. We provide the …