List of top Atmospheric and Ocean Science Questions on Indian Ocean Current Systems asked in GATE XE

The north-Atlantic deep-water is associated with .........
The zonal gradient of meridional current and the meridional gradient of zonal current is \( -0.3 \times 10^{-3} \, {s}^{-1} \) and \( 0.3 \times 10^{-3} \, {s}^{-1} \), respectively, at a location P (87°E, 15°N). Which one of the following best explains the nature of the flow?

The vertical (depth) profiles for three parameters P1, P2, and P3 in the northern Indian Ocean are given in the figure below. The values along the x-axis are the normalized values of the parameters and y-axis is the depth (m). 

Identify the parameters P1, P2, and P3 from the options given below.
 

The sea surface height concentric isolines (L1 and L2 in cm) and the distance between them (dx in km) for three different eddies at the same latitude are given in the figure below. (The figures are not to scale.) 

Which one of the following orders is correct about the magnitudes of the geostrophic currents within the isolines? 
 

Which of the following Period(s) correspond(s) to wind waves?
The directions of the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre and the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre are ........... and .........., respectively.

The figure shows a schematic of Indian Ocean surface circulation. This pattern is representative of the circulation in which month of the year?