Results from a numerical model of the northern Indian Ocean: Circulation in the south Arabian Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 97-117

  Lopez, Joseph W ^a   Kantha, Lakshmi H ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Laccadive High; Numerical ocean model; TOPEX

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; CURRENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034016024     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(99)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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