A new atlas of temperature and salinity for the North Indian Ocean

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 559-593

  Chatterjee, A ^a   Shankar, D ^a   Shenoi, S S C ^b   Reddy, G V ^a   Michael, G S ^a   Ravichandran, M ^b   Gopalkrishna, V V ^a   Rama Rao, E P ^b   Udaya Bhaskar, T V S ^b   Sanjeevan, V N ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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

^c CENTRE FOR MARINE LIVING RESOURCES AND ECOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Indian Exclusive Economic Zone; Levitus atlas; Salinity climatology; Temperature climatology

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATLAS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84861180047     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 0973774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-012-0191-9     Document Type: Article

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