Observed thermohaline structure and cooling of Kochi backwaters and adjoining southeastern Arabian Sea

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 364-375

  Joseph, Antony ^a   Mehra, Prakash ^a   Prabhudesai, R G ^a   Sivadas, T K ^b   Balachandran, K K ^a   Vijaykumar, K ^a   Revichandran, C ^a   Agarvadekar, Yogesh ^a   Francis, Rakesh ^a   Martin, G D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b M/s Environmental Measurements and Controls (EMCON) Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Backwaters; Cooling; Open ocean islands; Stratification; Thermohaline distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649088851     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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