Temperature inversion in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1521-1544

  Sultan, S A R ^a   Elghribi, N M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

SUBSURFACE INTRUSIONS; SURFACE ADVECTION; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; WATER EXCHANGE;

ADVECTION; ASIA; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; OMAN; TEMPERATURE;

GULF OF OMAN;

EID: 0030251384     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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