CZCS

Coastal Zone Colour Scanner

ASIA


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Images courtesy of NASA's Goddard Earth Sciences Data & Information Services Center.

Arabian Sea

Apring 1979

CZCS composite image of the Arabian Sea for April-June 1979, the latter half of the annual period of low productivity preceding the development of the southwest monsoon. Outflow features from the Persian Gulf are also visible.

Summer 1979

CZCS composite image of the Arabian Sea for July-September 1979, showing the large area of high productivity waters that develops under the influence of the southwest monsoon.

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