Mixed layer depth and its variability in the Eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean as 
revealed by observations and model simulations

Sharma, R.; Agarwal, Neeraj; Momin, I. M.; Agarwal, V. K.

doi:10.1080/01490419.2010.492281

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Mixed layer depth and its variability in the Eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean as revealed by observations and model simulations

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Agarwal, Neeraj
Max Planck Fellows, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society;
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Sharma, R., Agarwal, N., Momin, I. M., & Agarwal, V. K. (2010). Mixed layer depth and its variability in the Eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean as revealed by observations and model simulations. Marine Geodesy, 33, 154-163. doi:10.1080/01490419.2010.492281.

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Mixed layer depth (MLD) variability in the Eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean (EEIO) from a hindcast run of an Ocean General Circulation Model (OGCM) forced by daily winds and radiative fluxes from NCEP-NCAR reanalysis from 2004 to 2006 is investigated. Model MLD compares well with the ~20,000 observations from Argo floats and a TRITON buoy (1.5°S and 90°E) in the Indian Ocean. Tests with a one-dimensional upper ocean model were conducted to assess the impact on the MLD simulations that would result from the lack of the diurnal cycle in the forcing applied to the OGCM. The error was of the order of ~12 m. MLD at the TRITON buoy location shows a bimodal pattern with deep MLD during May-June and December-January. MLD pattern during fall 2006 was significantly different from the climatology and was rather shallow during December-January both in the model and observation. An examination of mixed layer heat and salt budget suggested salinity freshening caused by the advective and vertical diffusive mixing to be the cause of shallow MLD.