Summer monsoon response of the northern Somali Current, 1995

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2565-2568

  Schott, Friedrich ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Garternicht, Ulf ^a   Quädfasel, Detlef ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

CURRENT FIELDS; CURRENT METERS; CURRENT PROFILING; CURRENT REGIMES; GULF OF ADEN; SUMMER MONSOON; THROUGHFLOW; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS (ADCP); CURRENT METERS; ISOPYCNAL MIXING; MONSOONS;

CURRENT OBSERVATIONS; GREAT WHIRL; MONSOON; MONSOONS; SEA CURRENT; SOMALI CURRENT; SUMMER RESPONSE;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0031278157     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00888     Document Type: Article

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