Impact of Ganges-Brahmaputra interannual discharge variations on Bay of Bengal salinity and temperature during 1992-1999 period

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 859-872

  Durand, Fabien ^a   Papa, Fabrice ^b,c   Rahman, Atiqur ^b   Bala, Sujit Kumar ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bay of bengal; Brahmaputra; Ganges; Modelling; Oceanography; Run off; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PEAK DISCHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

BAY OF BENGAL; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; GANGES DELTA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 80054738970     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-011-0118-x     Document Type: Article

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