Hydrographic characterization of southeast Arabian Sea during the wane of southwest monsoon and spring intermonsoon

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 231-247

  Vimal Kumar, K G ^a   Dinesh Kumar, P K ^a   Smitha, B R ^a   Habeeb Rahman, H ^a   Josia, Jacob ^a   Muraleedharan, K R ^a   Sanjeevan, V N ^b   Achuthankutty, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR MARINE LIVING RESOURCES AND ECOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Arabian Sea high salinity water; Hydrography; Pole ward undercurrent; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER; WIND STRESS;

OLIGOTROPHIC WATER; POLE-WARD UNDERCURRENT; SOUTHWEST MONSSON; SPRING INTERMONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL A;

CHLOROPHYLL A; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MONSOON; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); UPWELLING; WATER MASS; WIND STRESS;

ARTICLE; ASIA; COASTAL WATERS; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER UPWELLING; SPRING; THERMOCLINE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; RAIN; SEASONS;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 41749089356     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9863-3     Document Type: Article

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