FOREWORD 



A series of temperature sections from expendable bathythermographs over 

 a 4% year period off the Somali and Arabian coasts described in this report 

 shows the complex eddy structure formed each year during the southwest monsoon 

 These eddies may be three to five times the diameter of Gulf Stream rings 

 Strong near-surface fronts associated with the boundaries of the larger 

 eddies are formed. 



This report gives an idea of the extreme frontal variability that 

 occurs seasonally in this region and information about the strong wind 

 system driving the circulation. 



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C. H. BASSETT 

 Captain, USN 

 Commanding Officer 



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