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20. Abstract (con'd) 



Monthly wind stress contoured for the western Indian Ocean clearly shows 

 the southwest monsoon from May through September (with values over 4 dynes 

 cm"^ during July) to be considerably stronger than the northeast monsoon with 

 a maximum in January. Maps of wind stress curl during the southwest monsoon 

 show a large region of negative curl (over -4 x 10"^ dynes cm"^) to the north- 

 east off the Somali coast, whereas a region of high positive curl occurs off 

 the Arabian peninsula and in a small band off the Somali east coast north of 

 5°N. Sverdrup mass transports of up to 40 x lO"-*- g sec"-'- to the north off 

 the Somali coast are in rough agreement with observed values. 



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