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The effect of seasonally and spatially varying chlorophyll on Bay of Bengal surface ocean properties and the South Asian monsoon
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Adrian J. Matthews
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences and School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4
7TJ, UK
Nicholas P. Klingaman
National Centre for Atmospheric Science–Climate and Department of
Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, UK
Karen J. Heywood
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Manoj Joshi
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Benjamin G. M. Webber
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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Short summary
The impact of chlorophyll on the southwest monsoon is unknown. Here, seasonally varying chlorophyll in the Bay of Bengal was imposed in a general circulation model coupled to an ocean mixed layer model. The SST increases by 0.5 °C in response to chlorophyll forcing and shallow mixed layer depths in coastal regions during the inter-monsoon. Precipitation increases significantly to 3 mm d-1 across Myanmar during June and over northeast India and Bangladesh during October, decreasing model bias.
The impact of chlorophyll on the southwest monsoon is unknown. Here, seasonally varying...
