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3-D profile view of currents in the Bay of Bengal.

3-D profile view of currents in the Bay of Bengal.
3-D profile view of currents in the Bay of Bengal.
3-D profile view of currents in the Bay of Bengal.
3-D profile view of currents in the Bay of Bengal.
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Jaeger, Gualtiero Spiro and Taylor, Eric S.
3-D profile view of currents in the Bay of Bengal.
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12/21/2018
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This artists’ rendition illustrates the unusual confluence of waters that occurs beneath the surface of the Bay of Bengal. From the west comes warm, salty waters (yellow) formed in the Arabian Sea. From the east comes colder, fresher water (blue) formed in the Andaman Sea. These water parcels have the same density because their combined characteristics compensate for each other: Warmer but saltier water (which oceanographers call “spicy”) can have the same density as colder but fresher water (called “minty”). Oceanographers can use these “flavors” as a convenient marker to identify water types, much like two colored dyes.
Used in Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 2, pg. 43.
Illustration by Gualitiero Spiro Jaeger and Eric S. Taylor
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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