The Indian ocean forecast system

Current Science

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1354-1368

  Francis, P A ^a   Vinayachandran, P N ^b   Shenoi, S S C ^a  

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

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

General circulation model; Indian ocean variability; Ocean forecast system; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878346388     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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