Response of Ocean Eddies to Monsoon Winds Over the Western Arabian Sea

Western Arabian Sea is one of the key regions in terms of momentum transfer which transfers kinetic energy to ocean eddies and also air-sea interaction process. The present study focused on interaction between eddies and seasonal monsoon winds over western Arabian Sea. Satellite derived wind fields, ocean surface currents (SODA, ORSA4) are used to study the kinetic energy changes along these observations we also collected Argo profiles at three eddy regions namely Socotra Eddy, Great Whirl and Southern Gyre for Brunt Vaisala frequency and Turner Angle calculations during southwest monsoon of 2015 and 2017 to check the stability of the water column. Lowest current induced kinetic energy was observed at Socotra Eddy, but at Great whirl its value is high and it was found to be fully driven by wind and showed positive feedback to the wind forcing, where Southern Gyre is under the influence of both wind and Equatorial current.