The monsoon circulation of the Indian Ocean

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-123

  Schott, Friedrich A ^a   McCreary Jr , Julian P ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; STRESSES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND EFFECTS;

ALTIMETRIC SEA-LEVEL DISTRIBUTIONS; MIXED-LAYERED DEPTHS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; MIXED LAYER; MONSOON; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND FORCING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0035669853     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(01)00083-0     Document Type: Review

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