Satellite observations of a western boundary current in the Bay of Bengal
- 15 November 1987
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- Vol. 92 (C12) , 12974-12978
- https://doi.org/10.1029/jc092ic12p12974
Abstract
Satellite infrared observations of the Bay of Bengal during the latter part of February 1985 reveal the existence of two bands of warm water that resemble western boundary currents along the east coasts of India and Sri Lanka. A recently formed elliptical warm core eddy, with a major axis of nearly 150 km, appears at longitude 90°E and latitude 19°N at the end of the axis of the current. Color infrared images of sea surface temperature are used to illustrate the sea surface temperature patterns and to estimate their displacements with time.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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