An anomalous cooling event observed in the Bay of Bengal during June 2009

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 671-681

  Chacko, Neethu ^a   Ravichandran, Muthalagu ^a   Rao, Rokkam R ^b   Chandra Shenoi, Sadananda Satheesh ^a  

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

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Mixed layer heat budget; Ocean atmosphere interaction; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

BAY OF BENGAL; BUOY OBSERVATIONS; DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; HEAT BUDGET; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER HEAT BALANCE; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STRONG WINDS; SUMMER MONSOON; SURFACE CURRENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; HEAT LOSSES;

COOLING;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUOY SYSTEM; COOLING; HEAT BUDGET; OCEANIC CONVECTION; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84861099711     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0525-9     Document Type: Review

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