This study presents dielectric properties of North Indian Ocean seawater. In all, fourteen seawater samples are collected from Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep Sea, Tip of Bay of Bengal Sea, deep Indian Ocean and Equatorial region. The Von Hipple method is used to measure dielectric properties, both real part ε' and imaginary ε'', at 5 GHz and 30 °C using automated C-Band microwave bench set up. The di...

Knowledge about chewing lice from marine birds of the Red Sea is minimal. Five species of gulls were examined for chewing lice in three different localities of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast. Two gull species were examined for lice for the first time (Larus armenicus Buturlin, 1934 and Larus michahellis Naumann, 1840) and their lice represent new host-louse associations. Four species and two s...

AIM Coral reefs rely on the symbiosis between scleractinian corals and intracellular, photosynthetic dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium making the assessment of symbiont diversity critical to our understanding of ecological resilience of these ecosystems. This study characterizes Symbiodinium diversity around the Arabian Peninsula, which contains some of the most thermally diverse and un...

The response of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) circulation and precipitation to Middle East dust aerosols on sub-seasonal timescales is studied using observations and the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with online chemistry (WRF-Chem). Satellite data show that the ISM rainfall in coastal southwest India, central and northern India, and Pakistan is closely associated with the Mi...

Internal tides play a crucial role in ocean mixing. To explore the seasonal features of mode-1 M2 internal Arabian Sea, we analyzed their propagation and energy distribution using along-track sea-level anomaly data collected by satellite altimeters. We identified four primary source regions tides: Abd al Kuri Island, Carlsberg Ridge, northeastern Maldive Islands. The baroclinic signals that ori...