Q118: Which environmental factor is a primary driver of the Indian... - Fisheries Oceanography - Aquatic Environmental Management- ICAR JRF/SRF 2024 | Agrigyan
The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) (or Indian Niño) is an ocean-atmosphere coupled climate phenomenon across the equatorial Indian Ocean.
It is defined by the anomalous difference in Sea Surface Temperature (SST) between the western tropical Indian Ocean (Arabian Sea) and the eastern tropical Indian Ocean (south of Indonesia), measured as the Dipole Mode Index (DMI).