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AGU (American Geophysical Union)
In:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 88 (C10). pp. 5973-5979.
Publication Date:
2018-12-03
Description:
The existence of a southward‐flowing current beneath the northern part of the seasonally reversing Somali Current is documented in a 2½‐year‐long time series of currents obtained at moored stations near 5°N about 30 km off the Somali coast. Its mean annual transport in the layer 150–600 m amounts to about 5×106 m3/s. The undercurrent has a pronounced seasonal cycle in phase with the near surface flow, suggesting a close coupling to the monsoonal wind forcing. With the spin‐up of the deepreaching northern Somali gyre after the onset of the southwest monsoon, the undercurrent is temporarily destroyed in the northern Somali Basin during June/July but is re‐established in August. The undercurrent does not reach 3°N but turns offshore north of that latitude.
Type:
Article
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PeerReviewed
Format:
text
DOI:
10.1029/JC088iC10p05973
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