Understanding the suspended sediment dynamics in the coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal using high resolution ocean colour data

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1499-1502

  Sridhar, P N ^a   Ramana, I V ^a   Ali, M M ^a   Veeranarayana, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal waters; Geostrophic currents; Ocean colour data; Suspended sediment dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849128628     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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