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Science 1 August 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4456, pp. 588 - 590
DOI: 10.1126/science.209.4456.588-a
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Somali Current: Evolution of Surface Flow

W. DÜING 1, R. L. MOLINARI 2, and J. C. SWALLOW 3

1 Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33149
2 Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida 33149
3 Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, England GU8 5UB

The transition of the Somali Current from northeast monsoon conditions to southwest monsoon conditions was observed from April through August 1979. The northeastward flow associated with the Somali Current of the southwest monsoon progressed from the equator in April to 4°N in August. The separation of the current from the coast, as observed at the northern boundary of the northeastward flow, did not intrude north continuously, but rather in distinct steps. South of 4°N, the circulation was characterized by the incorporation of increasing amounts of somewhat more saline water from the south and east into the boundary current. A clockwise gyre with northeastward flow along the coast developed between 6° and 10°N during June.

Submitted on February 6, 1980
Revised on May 19, 1980


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