Westward movement of eddies into the Gulf of Aden from the Arabian Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Al Saafani, M A ^a,b   Shenoi, S S C ^b   Shankar, D ^b   Aparna, M ^b   Kurian, J ^c   Durand, F ^b,d   Vinayachandran, P N ^c  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER WAVES;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; EKMAN PUMPING; KELVIN WAVE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL; THERMOCLINE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 38549085317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004020     Document Type: Article

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