Indian Ocean sea surface salinity variations in a coupled model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 245-263

  Vinayachandran, P N ^a   Nanjundiah, Ravi S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Coupled model; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean Dipole; Interannual variation; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 67649292355     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0511-6     Document Type: Article

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