A southwest monsoon hydrographic climatology for the Northwestern Arabian Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 97, Issue C6, 1992, Pages 9455-9465

  Brock, John C ^a,b   McClain, Charles R ^c   Hay, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85055038673     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/92JC00813     Document Type: Article

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