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Summer monsoon response of the Northern Somali Current, 1995
Author(s) -
Schott Friedrich,
Fischer Jürgen,
Garternicht Ulf,
Quadfasel Detlef
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/97gl00888
Subject(s) - throughflow , somali , oceanography , monsoon , current (fluid) , geology , current meter , water mass , climatology , philosophy , linguistics , soil science
Preliminary results on the development of the northern Somali Current regime and Great Whirl during the summer monsoon of 1995 are reported. They are based on the water mass and current profiling observations from three shipboard surveys of R/V Meteor and on the time series from a moored current‐meter and ADCP array. The monsoon response of the GW was deep‐reaching, to more than 1000m. involving large deep transports. The northern Somali Current was found to be disconnected from the interior Arabian Sea in latitude range 4°N–12°N in both, water mass properties and current fields. Instead, communication dominantly occurs through the passages between Socotra and the African continent. From moored stations in the main passage a northward throughflow from the Somali Current to the Gulf of Aden of about 5 Sv was determined for the summer monsoon of 1995.