Formation and spreading of Arabian Sea high-salinity water mass

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C1, 1999, Pages 1455-1464

  Prasanna Kumar, S ^a   Prasad, T G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FORMATION MECHANISM; MONSOON; SALINITY; WATER MASS;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033556523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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