Estimation of sea surface salinity in the Bay of Bengal using Outgoing Longwave Radiation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 22-1-22-4

  Murty, V S N ^a   Subrahmanyam, Bulusu ^b   Sarma, M S S ^a   Tilvi, V ^a   Babu, V Ramesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS);

SEAWATER;

LONGWAVE RADIATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0037104934     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014424     Document Type: Article

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