Processes of 30-90 days sea surface temperature variability in the northern Indian Ocean during boreal summer

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1901-1916

  Vialard, J ^a   Jayakumar, A ^b   Gnanaseelan, C ^b   Lengaigne, M ^a,c   Sengupta, D ^d   Goswami, B N ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Air sea interactions; Heat budget; Intraseasonal variability; Monsoon active and break phases; Northern Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOREAL; HEAT BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; ETHIOPIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH); SOMALI;

EID: 84860336989     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1015-3     Document Type: Article

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