The features and interannual variability mechanism of mesoscale eddies in the Bay of Bengal

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 178-185

  Chen, Gengxin ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Hou, Yijun ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Bay of Bengal; Eddy; Interannual variability

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; ANNUAL VARIATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAY; DATA SET; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84867140992     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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