• Login
    View Item 
    •   DSpace Home
    • Institute's contributions
    • Scholarly literature
    • View Item
    •   DSpace Home
    • Institute's contributions
    • Scholarly literature
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Surface circulation off Somalia and western equatorial Indian Ocean during summer monsoon of 1988 from Geosat altimeter data

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Int_J_Remote_Sens_17_761.pdf (663.8Kb)
    Date
    1996
    Author
    Subrahmanyam, B.
    RameshBabu, V.
    Murty, V.S.N.
    Rao, L.V.G.
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    The sea level variability derived from repeating tracks of the Geosat altimeter data during the late phase (August-September) of the summer monsoon of 1988 revealed the presence of multiple meso-scale eddy features with clockwise and anti-clockwise rotation. During August, the prime eddy or the Great Whirl centred at 9.5 degrees N, 53.5 degrees E off northern Somalia and the southern gyre centred at 3 degrees N, 51.5 degrees E off southern Somalia, both are clearly identified with clockwise rotation. The region of lower sea levels off the central Somalia Coast (between 6 degrees N and 9 degrees N) coincides with the cold water wedge formed by the offshore movement of the cold upwelled waters from the Somalia Coast during the summer monsoon. By September the southern gyre weakens, while the prime eddy persists. The surface circulation is characterized by nearly meridional flows in the equatorial region. A strong narrow (~100 km) southward jet-like flow is noticed south of 7 degrees N between 53 degrees and 54 degrees E during September. In general, these circulation features are in agreement with the sea surface topography derived from the hydrographic data collected in this region during the same period on board the ORV Sagar Kanya
    URI
    http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2279
    Collections
    • Scholarly literature [9074]

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV