Observed changes in water mass properties in the Indian sundarbans (northwestern Bay of Bengal) during 1980-2007

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1445-1452

  Mitra, Abhijit ^a   Gangopadhyay, Avijit ^b   Dube, Anumeha ^b   Schmidt, André C K ^b   Banerjee, Kakoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay of bengal; Climate change; Deglaciation; Hydrological parameters; Indian sundarbans

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249101943     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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