The response of the surface circulation of the arabian sea to monsoonal forcing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2008-2022

  Beal, Lisa M ^a   Hormann, V ^b   Lumpkin, R ^c   Foltz, G R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENTS; COUNTER CURRENT; PLANETARY WAVES; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; SURFACE CIRCULATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY; WIND STRESS CURL;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTICYCLONE; DRIFTER; EKMAN PUMPING; GYRE; JET STREAM; MONSOON; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; PLANETARY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT;

EID: 84884931633     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-033.1     Document Type: Article

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