title: Development of the subsurface currents of the northern somali current gyre from march to july 1979.
abstract: Measurements from March to July 1979 by current meters moored between the shelf and the deep sea from 5 degrees to 8 degrees N show that there was shallow ( < 150-meter) coastward and northward circulation between 6 degrees and 8 degrees N long before the onset of the southwest monsoon. After the onset, a powerful coastward flow developed offshore around 6 degrees N, branching into northward and southward flows at the continental rise while the current deepened to more than 250 meters. There seemed to be a separate circulation on the shelf with some counterflow to offshore. All current records show that there were strong fluctuations with periods of 3 to 6 days.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schott
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Quadfasel