Dinoflagellate Bloom of Karenia mikimotoi along the Southeast Arabian Sea, Bordering Western India

Table 1

Atmospheric temperature, wind speed, direction, and rainfall at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Year	Atmos. temp (°C)			Wind speed (m sec^−1)			Wind direction	Rainfall (mm)
2004	Min.	Max.	Mean	Min.	Max.	Mean		Mean
May	28.80	32.60	29.88	5.09	15.88	10.51	SW & SSW	252.63
June	26.40	31.10	29.51	6.01	17.02	11.57	SW & SSW	462.53
July	26.50	31.00	28.64	7.03	22.89	14.12	SW & SSW	412.29
August	26.30	30.50	28.67	9.24	26.41	17.36	SW & SSW	494.71
September	24.30	30.50	28.80	4.36	14.52	9.64	SW & SSW	325.86
October	24.90	30.50	27.06	2.02	11.12	6.23	SSW & WNW	336.74
November	22.30	27.40	24.53	1.02	7.01	5.20	WNW & WNW	98.36
December	21.10	24.40	22.67	1.37	8.01	5.52	WNW & NW	35.92