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On the impossibility of the co-existence of monsoons and severe storm surges in the Bay of Bengal

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The problem of storm surges is introduced briefly. The utility of passive microwave observations to study this phenomenon is pointed out. The reasons for the nonoccurrence of severe surges in the Bay of Bengal, during monsoon regimes, is discussed in this paper. It was demonstrated that the predominant reason for lack of severe surges over the Bay of Bengal coast is due to the absence of weak wind shear during monsoon seasons.

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  1. Institute of Ocean Siences, PO Box 6000, V 8L 4B2, Sidney, BC, Canada

    Tad S. Murty & Venkata R. Neralla

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Murty, T.S., Neralla, V.R. On the impossibility of the co-existence of monsoons and severe storm surges in the Bay of Bengal. Nat Hazards 6, 281–285 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129513

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