Somali eddy formation during the commencement of the southwest monsoon, 1978
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10268DOI
10.1575/1912/10268Keyword
Ocean currents; Monsoons; EddiesAbstract
An early stage of the Somali eddy circulation was mapped in the period May 29 to June 13, 1978, using
expendable bathythermograph data at closely spaced stations. By this time the SW monsoon had been
blowing at 5°N for about 4 weeks and the large anticyclonic eddy in the northern Somali Basin was
clearly discernible between 3°N and 10°N. It is estimated that the offshore transport at this time was approximately
half of that occurring during the period when the eddy reaches maximum size and strength
during August and September. A smaller southern eddy was observed just offshore between the equator
and 3°N.
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of Geophysical Research 85 (1980): 6654-6660
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Bruce, J. G., Quadfasel, D. R., & Swallow, J. (1981). Somali eddy formation during the commencement of the southwest monsoon, 1978. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/10268Related items
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