Mesoscale variability along the east coast of India in spring as revealed from satellite data and OGCM simulations

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-289

  Kurien, Prescilla ^a   Ikeda, Motoyoshi ^a   Valsala, Vinu K ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Bay of Bengal; EICC; Mesoscale variability; Spring intermonsoon

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CURRENT; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPRING (SEASON); UPWELLING; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77951717205     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0024-x     Document Type: Article

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