Dr. Amit Tandon, along with his colleagues from National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Chennai and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), collaborated on the recently published paper: “Performance of Moored Real-Time Ocean Observations During Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal”.

This article provides a detailed explanation of the meteorological conditions, the air-sea flux conditions (measured and derived from COARE), the temperature and salinity depth profiles (and hence the mixed layer conditions) and the ocean current velocity profiles, as measured by the NIOT BD moorings, during Tropical Cyclone (TC) Amphan, which traversed through the Bay of Bengal at May 2020.

The authors highlight the benefits and necessity of maintaining such array of moored buoys in the Northern Indian Ocean, especially with the rise in the number and strength of TCs. They also discuss the challenges faced in data telemetry, mooring design, sensor exposure, etc. during cyclones and briefly outline NIOT’s plans for improving accuracy in generating and providing real-time data.

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