Dynamics of the East India Coastal Current 1. Analytic solutions forced by interior Ekman pumping and local alongshore winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C6, 1996, Pages 13975-13991

  Shankar, D ^a,c   McCreary, J P ^b   Han, W ^b   Shetye, S R ^c  

^a CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; WINDS;

COASTAL CURRENTS; EAST INDIA COASTAL CURRENT; EKMAN PUMPING; FORCING MECHANISMS; LOCAL ALONGSHORE WINDS;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0029811037     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC00559     Document Type: Article

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