Near-surface variations and surface fluxes over the northern Bay of Bengal during the 1999 Indian summer monsoon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 17, 2002, Pages ACL-6-1-ACL-6-19

  Bhat, G S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Marine boundary layer; Monsoon; Ocean atmosphere interaction; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SALINE WATER; SURFACE WATERS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MONSOON; SURFACE FLUX;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 85080838642     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000382     Document Type: Article

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