Air-sea interaction over the Indian Ocean during the contrasting monsoon years 2002 and 2003

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Ramesh Kumar, M R ^a   Sankar, S ^a   Fennig, K ^b   Pai, D S ^c   Schulz, J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Office of Climate Research and Services   (India)

^d Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MONSOON CONDITIONS; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON;

INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 25444509829     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022587     Document Type: Article

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