Monsoon response of the sea around Sri Lanka: Generation of thermal domes and anticyclonic vortices

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1946-1960

  Vinayachandran, P N ^a,b   Yamagata, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EDDY; MONSOON; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; VORTEX; WIND STRESS;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0033037664     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1946:MROTSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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