@article{fdi:010040656,
  title = {{M}odeling the barrier-layer formation in the southeastern {A}rabian {S}ea},
  author = {{D}urand, {F}abien and {S}hankar, {D}. and {M}ont{\'e}gut, {C}. {D}. {B}. and {S}henoi, {S}. {S}. {C}. and {B}lanke, {B}. and {M}adec, {G}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he effect of salinity on the formation of the barrier layer ( {BL}) in the southeastern {A}rabian {S}ea ( {SEAS}) is investigated using an ocean general circulation model. {I}n accordance with previous studies, the runoff distribution and the {I}ndia-{S}ri {L}anka passage have a strong impact on the realism of the salinity simulated in the area at seasonal time scales. {T}he model simulates a {BL} pattern in fairly good agreement with available observations. {E}ulerian and {L}agrangian approaches show that the {BL} is formed by two complementary processes, the arrival of low-salinity surface waters that are cooled en route to the {SEAS} and downwelling of waters mostly local to the {SEAS} in the subsurface layers. {T}he surface waters are partly of {B}ay of {B}engal origin and are partly from the {SEAS}, but are cooled east and south of {S}ri {L}anka in the model. {T}hat the downwelled subsurface waters are warm and are not cooled leads to temperature inversions in the {BL}. {T}he main forcing for this appears to be remotely forced planetary waves.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {C}limate},
  volume = {20},
  numero = {10},
  pages = {2109--2120},
  ISSN = {0894-8755},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1175/{JCLI}4112.1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010040656},
}