Seasonal and interannual sea surface temperature variability in the coastal cities of Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal

Natural Hazards

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 549-560

  Khan, Tariq Masood Ali ^a   Quadir, Dewan Abdul ^a   Murty, Tad S ^b   Sarker, Majajul Alam ^a  

^a SAARC Meteorological Research Centre   (Bangladesh)

^b WF Baird & Associates Coastal Engineers   (Canada)

Author keywords

El Nino Southern Oscillations (ENSO); Indian Ocean; Sea surface temperature (SST); Seasonal and interannual variability; South Asia; Southern Oscillation Index (SOI); Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 2442445454     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NHAZ.0000023367.66009.1d     Document Type: Article

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