Seasonal variability of the Bay of Bengal circulation inferred from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C2, 2000, Pages 3243-3252

  Eigenheer, Andreas ^a,b   Quadfasel, Detlef ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; CIRCULATION; SEASONALITY; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0033675881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900291     Document Type: Article

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