A
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Surface area of the lagoon
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106 m2
|
312
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Landsat imagery survey
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D
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Depth of the lagoon
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m
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1.6
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Direct field measurements
|
V
|
Volume of the lagoon
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106 m3
|
499.2
|
Calculation using area and depth
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V
P
|
Precipitation volume
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106 m3 period−1
|
358.57 ± 0.0012
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GPM Level 3 IMERG Final Daily 10 × 10 km from the half-hourly GPM_3IMERGHH data
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V
Q
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Riverine runoff flow volume
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106 m3 period− 1
|
370 ± 0.0012
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Obtained from flow accumulation model
|
S
sys
|
Mean system salinity of Pulicat
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psu
|
12.265 ± 0.1
|
Direct field measurements
|
S
OCN
|
Mean system salinity of Bay of Bengal
|
psu
|
34 ± 0.29
|
Argo float data from International Argo Program and Argo Data Products for Indian Ocean (Geetha et al. 2011)
|
S
Q
|
Salinity of riverine runoff
|
psu
|
0.5 ± 0.1
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Direct field measurements
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