Collaborative observations of upper ocean circulation, air-sea interaction, and monsoon variability in the Bay of Bengal

Hemantha W Wijesekera1,2, Ewa Jarosz3, David W Wang2, Conrad A Luecke4, Tommy G Jensen5, Adam Rydbeck2, Maria K. Flatau6, Jerome Schmidt7, Jaynise Perez8, Iossif Lozovatsky9, Harindra J.S. Fernando9, Sinhalage Udaya Priyantha Jinadasa, Jagath Rajapakshapa11, Udeshika Wimalasari12, William Teague13 and Zack Hallock14, (1)John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (3)Naval Research Lab Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (4)NRC Postdoctoral Fellow at Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (5)U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, United States, (6)Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, United States, (7)NRL, CA, United States, (8)University of Notre Dame, CEEES, South Bend, IN, United States, (9)University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (10)Ocean University, Colombo, Sri Lanka, (11)National Aquatic Research and Resorce Development Agency, Colombo, Sri Lanka, (12)NVision Solutions Inc, Diamondhead, United States, (13)NVision Solutions Inc., Diomondhead, MS, United States