Temperature inversions and their influence on the mixed layer heat budget during the winters of 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 in the Bay of Bengal

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2426-2437

  Girishkumar, M S ^a   Ravichandran, M ^a   McPhaden, M J ^b  

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

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier Layer; Bay of Bengal; Indian Ocean Dipole, ENSO; Mixed layer heat budget; Temperature inversion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; HEAT FLUX;

BARRIER LAYERS; BAY OF BENGAL; HEAT BUDGET; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ADVECTION; AMPLITUDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; PARAMETERIZATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TIME SERIES; WINTER;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84879911140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20192     Document Type: Article

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