The seasonal evolution and interannual variability of latent heat flux (LHF) over the tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) region is examined for the period 1980–2019. The seasonal distribution of LHF is dominated by the winter pattern of each hemisphere in the TIO. Climatologically high LHF is mostly confined to the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal regions in the north Indian Ocean and the zonal belt between 10 o S and 25 o S in the sout...

This study describes the climatology of shamal winds in the Arabian Sea using recent 30 years (1987–2016) of ERA‐Interim winds. The shamal events were distinguished based on the typical directions, duration and intensity of the winds. Three potential zones of shamal winds were identified in the northwestern Arabian Sea, which are the areas where the predominant shamal swells have been generated. The number of events, duration...

The wave conditions in the Arabian Sea are mainly controlled by the SW/NE monsoon winds, the swells from the South Indian Ocean, and to some extent by the regional/local wind systems. The shamal winds are one of the important regional wind systems, which contribute to the wave characteristics in the Arabian Sea considerably. Previous studies explored the existence of shamal swells in the Arabian Sea, based on measurements and...

Intrinsic modes of variability have a significant role in driving the climatic oscillations in the oceanic processes. In this paper, we investigate the influence of an inter-annual mode of variability, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), on the wave climate of the eastern Arabian Sea (AS). Using measured, modeled and reanalysis wave data and reanalysis wind data, we show that the IOD plays a major role in the variability of wave cl...