Tide-surge interaction in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman

Weather ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (10) ◽  
pp. 256-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Khalilabadi
Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2372 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTHUR ANKER ◽  
REZA NADERLOO ◽  
IVAN MARIN

A new species of Athanas is described from the Iranian side of the Strait of Hormuz connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman. Athanas iranicus n. sp. is the only species in the genus characterised by the presence of dense setal brushes on the dorsolateral margin of the carpus and on most of the palm of the major and minor chelipeds; the presence of an additional setal brush on the dactylus of the major cheliped; a frontal margin with an untypically short rostrum and short, triangular extra-corneal teeth; and mostly concealed eyestalks.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Majid Mosaddad

Persian Gulf (PG) is a semi-enclosed water basin that is connected to the Gulf of Oman through the Strait of Hormuz. There are different forcing and climatic parameters influencing the thermocline development in the PG from winter to summer. These factors include tide, river inflow, solar radiation, evaporation, northwestern wind, and water exchange with the Gulf of Oman. In fact, the thermocline, which is often observed in the oceans and open seas, can be considered as a seasonal phenomenon in the ocean.  In the present study, it is studied theoretically; and compared with the results of the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) in the PG. During winter to summer, solar heating created an intense thermocline that decoupled the surface mixed layer from the interior water. The data are reviewed as the measurements collected in 1992 and recent modeling results. Overall, through a theoretical study, it is concluded that thermocline formation is a seasonal phenomenon in the PG.


2020 ◽  
pp. 61-62
Author(s):  
Domenico Agostini ◽  
Samuel Thrope

Chapter 10 presents a list of seas. This list partly derives from the mythic geography of the Avesta and partly is based on historical bodies of water, including the Persian Gulf, the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, and the Strait of Hormuz or Gulf of Oman.


Ocean Science ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre L'Hégaret ◽  
Xavier Carton ◽  
Stephanie Louazel ◽  
Guillaume Boutin

Abstract. The Persian Gulf produces high-salinity water (Persian Gulf Water, PGW hereafter), which flows into the Sea of Oman via the Strait of Hormuz. Beyond the Strait of Hormuz, the PGW cascades down the continental slope and spreads in the Sea of Oman under the influence of the energetic mesoscale eddies. The PGW outflow has different thermohaline characteristics and pathways, depending on the season. In spring 2011, the Phys-Indien experiment was carried out in the Arabian Sea and in the Sea of Oman. The Phys-Indien 2011 measurements, as well as satellite observations, are used here to characterize the circulation induced by the eddy field and its impact on the PGW pathway and evolution. During the spring intermonsoon, an anticyclonic eddy is often observed at the mouth of the Sea of Oman. It creates a front between the eastern and western parts of the basin. This structure was observed in 2011 during the Phys-Indien experiment. Two energetic eddies were also present along the southern Omani coast in the Arabian Sea. At their peripheries, ribbons of freshwater and cold water were found due to the stirring created by the eddies. The PGW characteristics are strongly influenced by these eddies. In the western Sea of Oman, in 2011, the PGW was fragmented into filaments and submesoscale eddies. It also recirculated locally, thus creating salty layers with different densities. In the Arabian Sea, a highly saline submesoscale lens was recorded offshore. Its characteristics are analyzed here and possible origins are proposed. The recurrence of such lenses in the Arabian Sea is also briefly examined.


Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4446 (4) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. NAZARI ◽  
O. MIRSHAMSI ◽  
A. SARI ◽  
M. ALIABADIAN ◽  
P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU

A survey of copepods from intertidal zone of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman resulted in discovery of three new species belonging to the family Canuellidae Lang, 1944. This work contributes to the final aim to describe meiobenthic copepods from this region and is the first description of meiobenthic copepods from Iranian coastline. The new species belong to the genera Brianola Monard, 1926, Canuella, T. & A. Scott, 1893, and Scottolana Huys, 2009. Compared to other congeners, Brianola haliensis sp. nov. is unique in the armature of the first leg, number of segments and setation of the antennary endopod and exopod. Canuella persica sp. nov. is easily distinguishable from its congeners by the shape of furcal rami and male genitalia. Scottolana gomezi sp. nov. is assigned to the longipes-group by the presence of two and three post-genital somites in the female and male, respectively. It is closely related to S. geei (Mu & Huys, 2004) recorded from the Bohai Sea, China, but can be distinguished by its eight-segmented antennary exopod, mouthparts setation, and shape of the furcal rami. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 18846-18852
Author(s):  
Sayali Nerurkar ◽  
Deepak Apte

We report new findings of live specimens of Nassarius persicus (Martens, 1874) and N. tadjallii Moolenbeek, 2007, extending their range to the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India. The known distribution of both species was limited: N. persicus was distributed in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Karachi in Pakistan; N. tadjallii was reported from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. We also provide comprehensive taxonomic descriptions of both species, along with additional morphological and ecological information.


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