Intensification of Aila (May 2009) due to a warm core eddy in the north Bay of Bengal

Natural Hazards

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1515-1525

  Sadhuram, Y ^a   Maneesha, K ^a   Murty, T V Ramana ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Aila; Bay of Bengal; Mixed layer; Upper ocean heat content; Warm eddy

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CYCLONE; ENTHALPY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STORM; STRATIFICATION;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84864379179     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9837-1     Document Type: Article

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