Observational evidence for remote forcing of the West India Coastal Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Shetye, S R ^a   Suresh, I ^a   Shankar, D ^a   Sundar, D ^a   Jayakumar, S ^a   Mehra, P ^a   Prabhudesai, R G ^a   Pednekar, P S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WIND EFFECTS;

EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 58949092777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004874     Document Type: Article

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