Observational evidence for westward propagation of temperature inversions in the southeastern Arabian Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Shankar, D ^a   Gopalakrishna, V V ^a   Shenoi, S S C ^a   Durand, F ^a   Shetye, S R ^a   Rajan, C K ^b   Johnson, Z ^b   Araligidad, N ^a   Michael, G S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL;

MONSOON; SURFACE SALINITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 3042749380     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019652     Document Type: Article

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