The response of the Somali Current to the southwest monsoon of 1970
Abstract
The response of the Somali Current to the onset of the southwest monsoon was determined by parachute drogue and GEK (geomagnetic electrokinetograph) measurements at 2°S during March-May, 1970. Wind observations from shore, island, and open-ocean stations indicated that the monsoon commenced during mid-April along the East African coast, but that it did not begin until mid-May or later over the interior of the north Indian Ocean. The current reversal appears to be caused by the effects of local winds and a switching action on the East African Coast Current. By mid-May the surface current was faster and broader than it was observed to be in 1964 during the southwest monsoon in the same area.
- Publication:
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Deep Sea Research A
- Pub Date:
- 1972
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0011-7471(72)90025-3
- Bibcode:
- 1972DSRA...19..319L