Onset of the Somali Jet in the Arabian Sea during June 1997

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C8, 1999, Pages 18041-18046

  Halpern, David ^a   Woiceshyn, Peter M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JET; MONSOON; SURFACE WIND;

ARABIAN SEA; SOMALI JET;

EID: 16444385771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900141     Document Type: Article

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