Wind-driven response of the northern Indian Ocean to climate extremes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2978-2993

  Jensen, Tommy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; OCEAN CURRENTS; RAIN;

INTERANNUAL SALINITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO; LA NINA; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; UPPER OCEAN; WATER MASS;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34547117101     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4150.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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