Surface circulation off somalia and western equatorial indian ocean during summer monsoon of 1988 from geosat altimeter data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 761-770

  Subrahmanyam, B ^a   Ramesh Babu, V ^a   Murty, V S N ^a   Gangadhara Rao, L V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; GEOSAT ALTIMETER DATA; MONSOON; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE CIRCULATION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN, (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 0029774007     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949043     Document Type: Article

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