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Regional Oceanography – Indian Ocean
http://www.cmima.csic.es/mirror/mattom/regoc/pdfversion.html
Global Ocean bathymetry
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Indian Ocean bathymetry
Tomczak & Godfrey, 2005
Global SST and SSS
Tomczak & Godfrey, 2005
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Global SL pressure and winds
IO - seasonal wind
Schott & McCreary, 2001
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Wind-driven circulation
Schott & McCreary, 2001
Circulation - SW monsoon
Schott & McCreary, 2001
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Circulation – NE monsoon
Schott & McCreary, 2001
Water masses - western IO
Tomczak & Godfrey, 2005
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Water masses – central IO
Tomczak & Godfrey, 2005
Water masses – IO thermocline
Tomczak & Godfrey, 2005
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Water masses
Schott & McCreary, 2001
‘Unusual’ current systems
Schott & McCreary, 2001
Somali Current– Arabian Sea
Indonesian Throughflow
LeeuwinCurrent
Equatorial Jet
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Equatorial Jet (Wyrtki Jet)
Equatorial Jet (Wyrtki Jet)
Schott & McCreary, 2001
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Surface currents – Arabian Sea
Schott & McCreary, 2001
Somali Current
Schott & McCreary, 2001
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Somali Current
Schott & McCreary, 2001
Somali Current upwelling
Tomczak & Godfrey, 2005
Schott & McCreary, 2001
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Somali Current
Schott & McCreary, 2001
Arabian Sea upwelling
Energetic jets emerging from the coastal upwelling region cool the Arabian Sea and carry nutrients and other matter from the
coastal region into the interior.
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Indonesian Archipelago
Tomczak & Godfrey, 2005
Indo-Pacific (Indonesian) Throughflow
Tomczak & Godfrey, 2005
Steric height 0/2000 dbar
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Indo-Pacific (Indonesian) Throughflow
Schott & McCreary, 2001
Leeuwin Current
Tomczak & Godfrey, 2005
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Leeuwin Current
Schott & McCreary, 2001
Leeuwin Current
Schott & McCreary, 2001
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‘Unusual’ current systems
Schott & McCreary, 2001
Somali Current– Arabian Sea
Indonesian Throughflow
LeeuwinCurrent
Equatorial Jet
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Schott & McCreary, 2001
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