Weekly observations on dispersal and sink pathways of the terrigenous flux of the Ganga-Brahmaputra in the Bay of Bengal during NE monsoon

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 14-15, 2005, Pages 2018-2030

  Chauhan, Onkar S ^a   Rajawat, A S ^b   Pradhan, Yaswant ^b   Suneethi, J ^a   Nayak, S R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Clays; Dispersal pathways; Monsoon; Ocean color monitor

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; RADAR IMAGING; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL PLUMES;

DISPERSAL PATHWAYS; MONSOON; OCEAN COLOR MONITOR (OCM); TOTAL SUSPENDED MATTER (TSM);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MONSOON; RIVER DISCHARGE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24144483471     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.05.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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