Vertical propagation of baroclinic Kelvin waves along the west coast of India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-339

  Nethery, Daniel ^a,b   Shankar, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Equatorial; Indian ocean; Modelling; Monsoon current; Monsoons; Oceanography; Remote forcing; West India coastal current

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROCLINIC WAVE; COASTAL CURRENT; KELVIN WAVE; MONSOON; SIMULATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

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

EID: 36349012519     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-007-0030-6     Document Type: Article

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