Seasonal variability of near-surface isothermal layer and thermocline characteristics of the tropical Indian Ocean

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 201-212

  Rao, R R ^a   Sivakumar, R ^a  

^a NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 0030376787     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01025705     Document Type: Article

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