Weakening of spring Wyrtki jets in the Indian Ocean during 2006-2011

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Joseph, Sudheer ^a   Wallcraft, Alan J ^b   Jensen, Tommy G ^b   Ravichandran, M ^a   Shenoi, S S C ^a   Nayak, Shailesh ^c  

^a INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HARMONIC COMPONENTS; HARMONIC MODES; INDIAN OCEAN; SEMIANNUAL HARMONICS; SURFACE CIRCULATION; WESTWARD FLOW; WIND FORCING; ZONAL CURRENTS; ZONAL WIND;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; CLIMATOLOGY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND FORCING;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84859718308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007581     Document Type: Article

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