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IN the North Indian Ocean current reversal with season greatly affects variability in current velocities, water transport and inter-current influence. This seasonal hydrological cycle also makes its influence felt in the South-west Indian Ocean1–4, and Barlow1 has shown that the cycles of surface current velocity in the South-west Indian Ocean bear a direct relationship to those of the North Indian Ocean.
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LUTJEHARMS, J. A Quantitative Assessment of Year-to-Year Variability in Water Movement in the South-west Indian Ocean. Nature Physical Science 239, 59–61 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci239059a0
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