On the upwelling off the southern tip and along the west coast of India

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 95-102

  Smitha, B R ^a   Sanjeevan, V N ^a   Vimalkumar, K G ^b   Revichandran, C ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Local temperature anomaly; Mass transport; South west monsoon; Southeastern Arabian Sea and Kanyakumari coast; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

KELVIN WAVE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; KANYAKUMARI; KERALA; QUILON; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 51549111171     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06-0779.1     Document Type: Article

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