Indian Ocean response to anomalous conditions in 2006

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Vinayachandran, P N ^a   Kurian, Jaison ^a   Neema, C P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

GEOPHYSICS;

CHLOROPHYLL; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 34948906300     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030194     Document Type: Article

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