Integrating Observations of the Boundary Current Flow around Sri Lanka

Abstract

The long-term goal is to investigate the boundary-current and inter-basin ocean circulation which governs the conditions and variability in Bay of Bengal. For this, the flow around Sri Lanka is critical since it exchanges salt and freshwater between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1014417

Entities

People

  • Matthias Lankhorst
  • Uwe Send

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acoustic Signals
  • Altimetry
  • Arabian Sea
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boundaries
  • Deployment
  • Geostrophic Currents
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Simulations
  • Sri Lanka

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Oceanography.