Seasonal variability of the observed barrier layer in the Arabian Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 624-638

  Thadathil, Pankajakshan ^a   Thoppil, Prasad ^b,c   Rao, R R ^d   Muraleedharan, P M ^a   Somayajulu, Y K ^a   Gopalakrishna, V V ^a   Murthugudde, Raghu ^e   Reddy, G V ^a   Revichandran, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^c STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALT WATER BARRIERS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

BARRIER LAYER; EKMAN PUMPING; HALINE STRATIFICATION; KELVIN WAVES; ROSSBY WAVES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL CURRENT; EKMAN PUMPING; FORMATION MECHANISM; KELVIN WAVE; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 43149106528     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3798.1     Document Type: Article

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