Semiannual variability in temperature and salinity observed by Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network (TRITON) buoys in the eastern tropical Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hase, Hideaki ^a   Masumoto, Yukio ^a,b   Kuroda, Yoshifumi ^a,c   Mizuno, Keisuke ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Nippon Marine Enterprises Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUOYS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND STRESS;

BUOY SYSTEM; GRAVITY WAVE; SALINITY; SEMIANNUAL OSCILLATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS; ZONAL WIND;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 42049094849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004026     Document Type: Article

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