Studies on the interannual variability in meteorological and oceanographic processes associated with Indian monsoon

Abstract

The Indian Ocean is a region of complexities due to the seasonal reversal of winds newlineassociated with the monsoon. These winds bring about large changes in the atmospheric and newlineoceanographic features over the Indian Ocean region. It is difficult to understand the physical newlineprocesses over the atmosphere and ocean only from field measurements. By the advent of newlinesatellites, availability of high resolution spatial and temporal scale data improved our newlineunderstanding of the various physical processes in the ocean, atmosphere and in the interface. In newlinespite of this, many of the features in the ocean remain unexplored. In this thesis, an attempt is newlinemade to bring out results on air sea interaction processes during the monsoon season and their newlineinterannual variability. newline newline