Observed variability of sea surface salinity and thermal inversions in the Lakshadweep Sea during contrast monsoons

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Gopalakrishna, V V ^a   Johnson, Z ^b   Salgaonkar, G ^a   Nisha, K ^a   Rajan, C K ^b   Rao, R R ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

^c NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

LAKSHADWEEP SEA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS); THERMAL INVERSIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; LAKSHADWEEP; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 27744476819     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023280     Document Type: Article

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