Fig. 3: Sustained freshening of Arabian Sea High Salinity Water (ASHSW) revealed by Argo observations.
From: Sustained freshening of Arabian Sea High Salinity Water induced by extreme precipitation events
Along-track Argo float salinity (psu) observations for three regions representing the a northern, b central, and c southern Arabian Sea (refer to Supplementary Fig. 3 for locations) from 2014 to 2023. Cyclone occurrences are marked in each panel: circles indicate very severe to super cyclones, and diamonds indicate cyclones to severe cyclones. Cyclones penetrating north of 15°N are marked in red. d–f depict the temporal mean salinity in the upper 200 m for the periods 2014–2018 (red) and 2019–2023 (black), and the differences (blue, ΔS = S2019-23 – S2014-18) for the three regions shown in (a–c). Open circles in f represent averages over the periods 2014–2019 and 2020–2023.
