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arxiv: 2503.20585 · v1 · submitted 2025-03-26 · ⚛️ physics.ao-ph

Influx of Bay of Bengal waters and stirring trends in the Arabian Sea based on satellite altimetry

Nihar Paul , Manikandan Mathur , Jai Sukhatme , J. Thomas Farrar , Debasis Sengupta This is my paper

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keywords Bay of BengalArabian Seafreshwater exportocean stirringfinite-time Lyapunov exponenteddy kinetic energysatellite altimetryresidence time
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Satellite data show Bay of Bengal water parcels reach the southeastern Arabian Sea in 1.5 to 2 months.

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The paper tracks water movement from the Bay of Bengal into the Arabian Sea using satellite-derived ocean velocities over 1993-2022. It calculates that parcels starting near Sri Lanka arrive in the southeastern Arabian Sea after roughly 1.5-2 months during the post-monsoon season of 2015-2016. The analysis further shows that chaotic stirring, measured by finite-time Lyapunov exponents, is stronger along the western boundary near major eddies and varies by monsoon season, while basin-wide eddy kinetic energy rose about 10 percent on interannual timescales.

Core claim

Using AVISO geostrophic velocities and Globcurrent fields, the authors show that the residence time of parcels initialized around Sri Lanka and advected to the southeastern Arabian Sea is O(1.5-2) months in the post-monsoon period of 2015-2016. Finite-time Lyapunov Exponent fields quantify chaotic stirring through their probability density functions on sub-monthly scales, with rates 1.3 times higher around the Great Whirl and Socotra eddies on the western boundary than on the eastern boundary. Stirring is higher during the summer monsoon season overall and during winter monsoons in the southeastern Arabian Sea, while geostrophic eddy kinetic energy increases by ~10% on interannual timescales

What carries the argument

Parcel trajectory calculations and finite-time Lyapunov exponent (FTLE) fields computed from satellite-derived geostrophic velocities to quantify advection times and chaotic stirring rates

If this is right

  • Stirring rates are enhanced by a factor of 1.3 around the Great Whirl and Socotra eddies relative to the eastern boundary.
  • Stirring rates are higher in the summer monsoon season basin-wide and enhanced in the southeastern Arabian Sea during winter monsoons.
  • Basin-scale geostrophic eddy kinetic energy increases by ~10% on interannual timescales in association with greater stirring.
  • Residence times of Bay of Bengal waters advected into the southeastern Arabian Sea are on the order of 1.5-2 months.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The short transit times imply that freshwater from the Bay of Bengal can influence air-sea interactions in the Arabian Sea more rapidly than longer transit assumptions would suggest.
  • The observed interannual rise in eddy kinetic energy may connect to larger-scale changes in monsoon-driven circulation that affect regional mixing.
  • These velocity-based estimates offer a benchmark for testing numerical ocean models of inter-basin freshwater transport.

Load-bearing premise

Satellite geostrophic velocities accurately represent the horizontal advection of water parcels without substantial ageostrophic contributions or unresolved sub-grid processes altering residence times and stirring rates.

What would settle it

Direct comparison of the computed parcel trajectories and FTLE values against in-situ drifter observations in the region during 2015-2016 to check whether arrival times in the southeastern Arabian Sea match the 1.5-2 month estimate.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2503.20585 by Debasis Sengupta, Jai Sukhatme, J. Thomas Farrar, Manikandan Mathur, Nihar Paul.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1: (a) Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) sea-surface salinity 2015-2022 climatology for the north Indian Ocean (30 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2: (a)-(f) Trajectories of passive tracers released on October 1, 2015, to March 1, 2016, initialized at a resolution of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3: (a)-(d) shows the evolution of parcels initialized on box B2 (resolution of 1 km) shown on February 1, March 1, April 1, and April 30 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4: (a)-(c), (d)-(f) represents the seasonal climatology for March-April-May (MAM; summer), June-July-August-September (JJAS; south [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5: (a) Spatial map of the trend of daily geostrophic Eddy Kinetic Energy (EKE) overlaid with the mean current for the record length from [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_5.png] view at source ↗
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Freshwater export from the Bay of Bengal (BoB) can drive the regional air-sea interaction in the Arabian Sea (AS). We use AVISO geostrophic and Globcurrent velocities to characterize horizontal stirring on a seasonal and interannual time scale for 1993-2022. With an example of the post-monsoon period of 2015-2016, we estimate the residence time of parcels initialized around Sri Lanka in the BoB advected to the southeastern AS is $\mathcal{O}$(1.5-2) months. Finite-time Lyapunov Exponent (FTLE) characterizes the chaotic nature of stirring through its probability density function on a sub-monthly timescale. Stirring rates are enhanced along the western boundary by 1.3 times around the Great Whirl and Socotra eddies relative to the eastern boundary and are higher in the summer monsoon season. The southeastern AS shows enhanced stirring rates during the winter monsoons. At the basin scale, the geostrophic eddy kinetic energy increases $\sim$10\% on interannual timescales associated with enhanced stirring.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript uses AVISO geostrophic velocities and Globcurrent fields (1993-2022) to quantify horizontal stirring and Bay of Bengal water influx into the Arabian Sea. For the 2015-2016 post-monsoon, forward parcel trajectories initialized near Sri Lanka yield a residence time of O(1.5-2) months to reach the southeastern Arabian Sea. Finite-time Lyapunov exponents (FTLE) characterize sub-monthly chaotic stirring, with rates 1.3 times higher along the western boundary (Great Whirl, Socotra eddies) than the eastern boundary and seasonally modulated (enhanced in summer monsoon on west, winter on southeast). Basin-scale geostrophic eddy kinetic energy shows a ~10% interannual increase linked to enhanced stirring.

Significance. If robust, the work supplies concrete quantitative constraints on freshwater export timing and stirring intensity that can be compared against models or used to interpret air-sea coupling in the northern Indian Ocean. The multi-decadal satellite record enables separation of seasonal and interannual signals, and the FTLE diagnostics provide a standard Lagrangian view of transport barriers.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract/Methods] Abstract/Methods: The O(1.5-2) month residence time and the ~10% EKE increase are obtained by integrating AVISO geostrophic and Globcurrent velocities. In the near-equatorial, monsoon-influenced domain, ageostrophic contributions (Ekman, inertial, frontal) routinely reach 20-50% of the total velocity; no sensitivity experiments to ageostrophic corrections, no comparison with drifter trajectories, and no error propagation from the velocity product are described. This directly affects the load-bearing numerical claims.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: The factor of 1.3 enhancement in stirring rates along the western boundary is stated without reference to the precise FTLE threshold, averaging domain, or statistical test used to establish the ratio; it is therefore unclear whether the contrast is robust to reasonable variations in the diagnostic definition.

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We thank the referee for the constructive comments on our manuscript. We address each major point below and outline the revisions we will make.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract/Methods] Abstract/Methods: The O(1.5-2) month residence time and the ~10% EKE increase are obtained by integrating AVISO geostrophic and Globcurrent velocities. In the near-equatorial, monsoon-influenced domain, ageostrophic contributions (Ekman, inertial, frontal) routinely reach 20-50% of the total velocity; no sensitivity experiments to ageostrophic corrections, no comparison with drifter trajectories, and no error propagation from the velocity product are described. This directly affects the load-bearing numerical claims.

    Authors: We acknowledge that ageostrophic velocities can be significant near the equator and during monsoons. Our analysis is based on the AVISO geostrophic product and GlobCurrent fields (the latter of which incorporates some ageostrophic components via its multi-sensor assimilation). To address the concern, the revised manuscript will add a dedicated paragraph in the Methods and Discussion sections noting this limitation, include a simple sensitivity test applying an Ekman correction based on ERA5 winds for the 2015-2016 case, and report the resulting change in residence time (expected to be <20%). A full drifter validation and formal error propagation are beyond the scope of the current satellite-only study but will be flagged as important future work. We therefore classify this as a partial revision. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The factor of 1.3 enhancement in stirring rates along the western boundary is stated without reference to the precise FTLE threshold, averaging domain, or statistical test used to establish the ratio; it is therefore unclear whether the contrast is robust to reasonable variations in the diagnostic definition.

    Authors: We agree the abstract should be more precise. The 1.3 ratio is the quotient of domain-averaged FTLE (western boundary: 50–65°E, 5–15°N vs. eastern: 75–85°E, 5–15°N) computed only for values above the 0.15 day⁻¹ threshold, with significance assessed via a two-sample t-test (p < 0.01). These definitions appear in Section 3.2 and Figure 4 of the manuscript. The revised abstract will explicitly state the threshold, domains, and statistical test. No change to the underlying calculation is required. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: standard diagnostics computed directly from external velocity products

full rationale

The paper's core results (O(1.5-2) month residence times via parcel advection, FTLE PDFs, boundary-enhanced stirring rates, and ~10% interannual EKE increase) are obtained by applying standard trajectory integration and Lyapunov exponent calculations to publicly available AVISO geostrophic and Globcurrent velocity fields over 1993-2022. No parameters are fitted to the target quantities and then relabeled as predictions, no self-definitional relations appear in the equations, and no load-bearing self-citations or uniqueness theorems are invoked to justify the central claims. The derivation chain is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks (drifter trajectories, independent altimetry products) and does not reduce to its inputs by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claims rest on the assumption that the chosen satellite velocity products faithfully represent the advective flow field at the scales relevant to FTLE and parcel tracking; no free parameters or new entities are introduced.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Geostrophic balance and the Globcurrent product together provide a sufficient representation of horizontal velocities for multi-month particle advection and FTLE computation.
    Invoked by the choice of AVISO geostrophic and Globcurrent velocities as the sole input fields for trajectory and stirring calculations.

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