Air-sea coupling during the tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean: A case study using satellite observations

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 8-9, 2005, Pages 1643-1672

  Subrahmanyam, Bulusu ^a   Murty, V S N ^b   Sharp, Ryan J ^a   O'Brien, James J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

EOL; Indian Ocean; Mixed layer depth; OLR; Remote Sensing; Sea surface salinity; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 22144447469     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2687-6     Document Type: Article

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