Why is Indian Ocean warming consistently?

Climatic Change

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 709-719

  Rao, Suryachandra A ^a   Dhakate, Ashish R ^a   Saha, Subodh K ^a   Mahapatra, Somnath ^a   Chaudhari, Hemantkumar S ^a   Pokhrel, Samir ^a   Sahu, Sobhan K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION PROCESS; AIR SEA FLUX; ANOMALOUS WINDS; DOWN-WELLING; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; HEAT BUDGET ANALYSIS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; WARM POOLS; WARM WATER; WIND STRESS CURL;

ADVECTION; DATA PROCESSING; EXPANSION; FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND STRESS;

HEAT FLUX;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DOWNWELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT BUDGET; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; THERMOCLINE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 84856223333     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0121-x     Document Type: Article

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