Ocean preconditioning of Cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal: Interaction between Rossby waves, Surface Fresh Waters, and Sea Surface Temperatures

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1741-1755

  Yu, Lisan ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rossby waves; Sea surface temperature; Sea ocean surface

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; DOWN-WELLING; FRESH WATER; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; LOW SALINITY; LOW-SALINITY WATER; MIXED LAYER; NEAR-SURFACE; ROSSBY WAVE; SALINITY FIELDS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; STRONG STRATIFICATION; SURFACE HEATING; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE VELOCITY; TROPICAL OCEAN; UNIQUE FEATURES; UPPER LAYER;

BUOYANCY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANOMALY; CYCLONE NARGIS 2008; DOWNWELLING; FRESHWATER; OCEANIC FRONT; ROSSBY WAVE; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE WATER;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 81455144079     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4437.1     Document Type: Article

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