Modeling the barrier-layer formation in the southeastern Arabian Sea

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2109-2120

  Durand, Fabien ^a   Shankar, D ^b   de Boyer Montegut C ^c   Shenoi, S S C ^b   Blanke, B ^d   Madec, G ^c  

^a CNES   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EULER EQUATIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

BARRIER LAYER; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PLANETARY WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DOWNWELLING; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RUNOFF; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; BAY OF BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34250679681     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4112.1     Document Type: Article

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