Comparative Analysis of Sea Surface Temperature Pattern in the Eastern and Western Gulfs of Arabian Sea and the Red Sea in Recent Past Using Satellite Data

Table 1

% Coefficient of variation for annual and seasonal SST.

Gulf/Sea	Annual	NEM	SIM	SWM	FIM
Persian Gulf	18.02%	7.88%	11.77%	2.68%	7.77%
Gulf of Oman	11.1%	3.85%	8.37%	1.93%	4.61%
Red Sea	8.02%	3.56%	4.65%	2.76%	3.83%
Gulf of Aden	6.37%	2.20%	4.68%	2.63%	3.84%
Gulf of Kutch	9.35%	5.06%	3.63%	10.07%	3.14%
Gulf of Khambhat	6.5%	4%	2.13%	4.90%	2.83%