Interannual variability in the Somali Current 1954-1976

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-83

  Luther, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Indian Ocean; Somali current

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOMALI CURRENT; SOUTHWEST MONSOON;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 0032763385     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(98)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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