Observed seasonal variability of heat content in the upper layers of the tropical Indian Ocean from a new global ocean temperature climatology

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-89

  Rao, R R ^a   Sivakumar, R ^a  

^a NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONTENT; ISOTHERMS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SST; SURFACE LAYERS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0031927068     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(97)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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