CONTENTS 



1. INTRODUCTION 



2. BACKGROUND AND RESULTS 



3. WIND FIELD IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN 



4. WIND DATA 



5. WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN WIND STRESS FIELD 



6. CURL OF WIND STRESS DURING MONSOONS 



7. TOTAL MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT 



8. CONCLUSIONS 

 REFERENCES 



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 Table 1. Number of Observations in Subdivisions 



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