Interannual variability of the Tropical Indian Ocean mixed layer depth

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 743-759

  Keerthi, M G ^a   Lengaigne, M ^a,b   Vialard, J ^b   de Boyer Montegut C ^c   Muraleedharan, P M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean Dipole; Interannual variability; Mixed layer; Monsoon

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARGO; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; EKMAN PUMPING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIXED LAYER; MONSOON; SHOALING WAVE; SUMMER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84874946379     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1295-2     Document Type: Article

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