Figure 4

Latitudinal variation of Ekman mass transport (EMT) (kg/m/s, green solid line), Ekman vertical velocity (m/day, blue solid line), static stability in the upper 15 m of the water column (m⁻¹, black solid line), and depth of 24 °C isotherm (D₂₄) (m, red solid line) from 8° to 21° N along the eastern Arabian Sea during August 2017.