Eddies off the Somali coast during the southwest monsoon
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9597DOI
10.1575/1912/9597Keyword
Eddies; Ocean circulation; MonsoonsAbstract
The development and decay of the large eddy in the northern Somali Basin and its smaller associated
eddies each southwest monsoon in the northwestern Indian Ocean has been monitored for four consecutive
years by a time series of temperature sections obtained along the tanker sea lane across the Somali
Basin. The evidence suggests that the large eddy first forms between 4°N to 12°N during late May
and tends to remain approximately in this location throughout the entire southwest monsoon.
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Also published as: Journal of Geophysical Research 84 (1979): 7742- 7748
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Bruce, J. G. (1980). Eddies off the Somali coast during the southwest monsoon. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/9597Related items
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