Observational evidence of summer shamal swells along the west coast of India

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 379-388

  Glejin, GlejinJohnson ^a   Kumar, V Sanil ^a   Nair, T M Balakrishnan ^b   Singh, Jai ^a   Mehra, Prakash ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA DIRECTIONS; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; SWELL PROPAGATION; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS; WAVE HEIGHTS; WEATHER STATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

WIND;

ASCAT; COASTAL ZONE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SUMMER; SWELL; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND WAVE;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; RATNAGIRI;

EID: 84874951511     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00059.1     Document Type: Article

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