Estimating boundary currents from satellite altimetry: A case study for the east coast of India

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 831-845

  Durand, Fabien ^a,b   Shankar, Doraiswamy ^b   Birol, Florence ^a   Shenoi, S Satheesh Chandra ^b  

^a CNES   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Bay of Bengal; Coastal current; EICC; Geostrophy; Monsoon

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY CURRENT; COASTAL CURRENT; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAPPING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SHELF BREAK; SMOOTHING; TIDE GAUGE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 56049126661     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0069-2     Document Type: Article

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