Role of fronts in the formation of Arabian Sea barrier layers during summer monsoon

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 809-822

  De Boyer Montégut, Clément ^a   Durand, Fabien ^b   Bourdallé Badie, Romain ^c   Blanke, Bruno ^d  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c MERCATOR OCÉAN   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; ARGO; ASHSW; Barrier layer; Summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARABIAN SEA; ARGO; ASHSW; BARRIER LAYERS; SUMMER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE; DATA SET; FORMATION MECHANISM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; OCEANIC FRONT; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; SUBDUCTION; SUMMER;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84902146686     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-014-0716-7     Document Type: Article

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