The upper-ocean response to monsoonal forcing in the Arabian Sea: Seasonal and spatial variability

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 1177-1226

  Lee, Craig M ^a   Jones, Burton H ^b   Brink, Kenneth H ^c   Fischer, Albert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EKMAN PUMPING; ENTRAINMENT; MONSOON; UPPER OCEAN; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0034029491     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00141-1     Document Type: Article

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