Intraseasonal variability of sea surface height in the Bay of Bengal

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 816-830

  Cheng, Xuhua ^a,b   Xie, Shang Ping ^b,c   McCreary, Julian P ^b   Qi, Yiquan ^a   Du, Yan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

BAY OF BENGAL; COASTALLY TRAPPED WAVES; EDDY FORMATION; ENERGETICS ANALYSIS; INTRA-SEASONAL; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ALTIMETRY; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY; DATA SET; EDDY; KELVIN WAVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AYEYARWADY; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; MYANMAR; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84878904670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20075     Document Type: Article

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