Interannual variability of Kelvin wave propagation in the wave guides of the equatorial Indian Ocean, the coastal Bay of Bengal and the southeastern Arabian Sea during 1993-2006

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Rao, R R ^a   Girish Kumar, M S ^b   Ravichandran, M ^b   Rao, A R ^c   Gopalakrishna, V V ^d   Thadathil, P ^e  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

^c NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^e Embassy of India   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BAY OF BENGAL; COASTAL WAVE; CRITICAL FACTORS; DOWN-WELLING; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; EQUATORIAL WAVES; HEAT SOURCES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; KELVIN WAVE PROPAGATION; KELVIN WAVES; NEAR-SURFACE; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SOUTHEASTERN ARABIAN SEAS; SUMATRA; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; GRAVITY WAVES; GYRATORS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

COASTAL ZONES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DOWNWELLING; EQUATORIAL WAVE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; KELVIN WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TIMESCALE; UPWELLING; WESTERLY;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 72249084331     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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