Seasonal and inter-annual variability of surface circulation in the Bay of Bengal from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 867-880

  Somayajulu, Y K ^a   Murty, V S N ^a   Sarma, Y V B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; STORMS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANTICYCLONIC GYRE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0037226142     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00610-0     Document Type: Article

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