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The Indian Monsoon Current refers to the seasonally varying ocean current regime found in the tropical regions of the northern Indian Ocean. During winter, the flow of the upper ocean is directed westward from near the Indonesian Archipelago to the Arabian Sea. During the summer, the direction reverses, with eastward flow extending from Somalia into the Bay of Bengal. These variations are due to changes in the wind stress associated with the Indian monsoon. The seasonally reversing open ocean currents that pass south of India are referred to as the Winter Monsoon Current and the Summer Monsoon Current (alternately, the Northeast Monsoon Current and the Southwest Monsoon Current).[1] The cold Somali Current, which is strongly linked to the Indian monsoon, is also discussed in this article.

(topmost current) The Southwest and Northeast Monsoon Drift
  1. ^ Shankar, D., P. N. Vinayachandran and A. S. Unnikrishnan, 2002: The monsoon current in the north Indian Ocean, Progress In Oceanography, Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 63–120.

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