Origins of wind-driven intraseasonal sea level variations in the North Indian Ocean coastal waveguide

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5740-5744

  Suresh, I ^a   Vialard, J ^b   Lengaigne, M ^b   Han, W ^c   McCreary, J ^d   Durand, F ^e   Muraleedharan, P M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e CNES   (France)

Author keywords

coastal waveguide; equatorial waveguide; intraseasonal sea level variability; local and remote forcing; northern Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED; EQUATORIAL FORCING; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; NORTH INDIAN OCEANS; NORTHERN INDIAN OCEANS; REMOTE FORCING; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS;

SEA LEVEL;

WAVEGUIDES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84887515914     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058312     Document Type: Article

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