Influence of upper-ocean stratification on tropical cyclone-induced surface cooling in the Bay of Bengal

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Neetu, S ^a   Lengaigne, Matthieu ^a,b   Vincent, Emmanuel M ^b   Vialard, Jérme ^b   Madec, Gurvan ^b,c   Samson, Guillaume ^b   Ramesh Kumar, M R ^a   Durand, Fabien ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER LAYERS; BAY OF BENGAL; ENERGY INPUTS; INTENSITY PREDICTION; LARGE PARTS; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; POST-MONSOON; PRE-MONSOON; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SURFACE COOLING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL MIXING;

HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND POWER;

COOLING;

COASTAL ZONE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UPPER OCEAN;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84871382992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008433     Document Type: Article

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