@article{PAR00003369,
  title = {{S}patiotemporal structure of the {E}ast {I}ndia {C}oastal {C}urrent from satellite altimetry},
  author = {{D}urand, {F}abien and {S}hankar, {D}. and {B}irol, {F}. and {S}henoi, {S}. {S}. {C}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e use a newly processed altimeter data set to present a hitherto unprecedented description of the spatiotemporal structure of the {E}ast {I}ndia {C}oastal {C}urrent ({EICC}): the data set resolves timescales ranging from a few months to a few years, and the high along-track resolution yields the first description of the cross-shore structure of the current. {T}he seasonal cycle dominates the variability, but the nonannual timescales have similar energy levels all along the {EICC} path. {T}here are short-lived, intense intraseasonal bursts. {I}n contrast to the seasonal cycle, the interannual and intraseasonal components are decorrelated along the coast, and possible mechanisms for the decorrelation (discontinuity in the flow) are discussed. {I}n the cross-shore direction, the current is highly correlated at all timescales: the {EICC} is trapped against the shelf with the current offshore flowing in the opposite direction at most locations. {T}he {EICC} appears as an inherently discontinuous flow, taking the form of a few recirculating loops along the {EICC} path, with a typical cross-shore spatial scale of 150-200 km. {T}he loops are highly variable in direction at all timescales from intraseasonal to interannual. {T}his discontinuity of the {EICC} in space and time implies that the basic pathways and advective timescales for the interbasin exchange of water masses between the {B}ay of {B}engal and the {A}rabian {S}ea are not robust when the full spatiotemporal variability of the {EICC} is considered.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch - {O}ceans},
  volume = {114},
  numero = {},
  pages = {{C}02013},
  ISSN = {0148-0227},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1029/2008jc004807},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00003369},
}