Measurements in the Source Region of the Somali Current during the Monsoon Reversal
| Autor: | Walter Düing, Friedrich Schott |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 1978 |
| Předmět: | |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Physical Oceanography. 8:278-289 |
| ISSN: | 1520-0485 0022-3670 |
| DOI: | 10.1175/1520-0485(1978)008<0278:mitsro>2.0.co;2 |
| Popis: | Temperature and current records were obtained from four subsurface moorings deployed in the source region of the Somali Current from mid-January to mid-July 1976. The first part of the records from January until early April showed that the array straddled the convergence zone of the northward-flowing East African Coast Current and the southward-flowing Somali Current. During this time, except for the southernmost location off Mombasa, the mean flow at all locations was weak and variable. The predominant variability had a time-scale of 4–5 days. Around 20 April the wind shifted to the southeast and three days later the flow in the upper 80 m turned northward and intensified. Development of strong northward flows below the thermocline took several more weeks. The observations imply that a switching mechanism took place at that time. The initially eastward-flowing Equatorial Counter Current is shifted rapidly 45° to the left to run northward along the coast. This mechanism may, in part, be responsib... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|