Salt transport in the near-surface layer in the monsoon-influenced Indian Ocean using HYCOM

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Nyadjro, Ebenezer S ^a   Subrahmanyam, Bulusu ^a   Murty, V S N ^b   Shriver, Jay F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

AQUARIUS; BAY OF BENGAL; CONVERGENCE ZONES; EKMAN DRIFT; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODELS; INDIAN OCEAN; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; SALT TRANSPORT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE OCEAN SALINITIES; SURFACE CURRENT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; SALINITY; SALT;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77955478129     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044127     Document Type: Article

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