The North Indian Ocean circulation and its variability as seen in a numerical hindcast of the years 1993-2004

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-147

  Kantha, Lakshmi ^a   Rojsiraphisal, Thaned ^b   Lopez, Joseph ^c  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimetric data assimilation; Arabian Sea; Bay of Bengal; Circulation variability; Equatorial Indian Ocean; Hindcast; North Indian Ocean; Numerical ocean model; Ocean circulation; QuikSCAT wind stress

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALTIMETRIC DATA ASSIMILATION; ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; CIRCULATION VARIABILITY; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH INDIAN OCEAN; NUMERICAL OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; HEAT FLUX; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; QUIKSCAT; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

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

EID: 37549067691     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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