Observational evidence from direct current measurements for propagation of remotely forced waves on the shelf off the west coast of India

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Amol, P ^a   Shankar, D ^a   Aparna, S G ^a   Shenoi, S S C ^b   Fernando, V ^a   Shetye, S R ^a   Mukherjee, A ^a   Agarvadekar, Y ^a   Khalap, S ^a   Satelkar, N P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL-TRAPPED WAVE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DIRECT CURRENT MEASUREMENT; LOCAL RESPONSE; PHASE PROPAGATION; QUIKSCAT; REMOTE FORCING; SOURCE REGION; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; SRI LANKA; WAVE CALCULATIONS; WEST COAST; WIND DATA;

WAVES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; OCEANIC CURRENT; QUIKSCAT; SATELLITE DATA; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GOA; GULF OF MANNAR; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84861163365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007606     Document Type: Article

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