Spatiotemporal structure of the East India Coastal Current from satellite altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Durand, F ^a,b   Shankar, D ^b   Birol, F ^a   Shenoi, S S C ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALTIMETER DATA; ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; COASTAL CURRENTS; DATA SETS; DECORRELATION; DISCONTINUOUS FLOW; ENERGY LEVEL; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTERANNUAL; RECIRCULATING LOOP; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASONAL CYCLE; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME-SCALES; TRACK RESOLUTION; WATER MASS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

ADVECTION; COASTAL CURRENT; CURRENT DIRECTION; DATA SET; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

EAST INDIA COASTAL CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 66149163118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004807     Document Type: Article

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