Winter monsoon circulation of the northern Arabian Sea and Somali Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C3, 2000, Pages 6359-6376

  Schott, Friedrich A ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; MONSOON; WINTER;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0033676235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900312     Document Type: Article

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