Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), has discovered that the Southern Annular Mode (SAM), an important climate pattern, plays a pivotal role in shaping the sea conditions across the Indian Ocean.
Scientists, who have been studying the SAM climate pattern and trying to understand how it shapes the wave patterns over extended time frames, state that it could help the country in better coastal planning, resource management and also in disaster preparedness.
Their study’s findings can also contribute to advancing the accuracy of wave predictions and can help identifying fair weather windows, thus benefitting the fisherfolk community and blue economy stake holders such as shipping, maritime boards and oil industry for their multi-million dollars worth operations at sea.
