HR: 13:40h
AN: OS13A-01 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: Observed Variability in the Indonesian Throughflow: A Review
AU: * Sprintall, J
EM: jsprintall@ucsd.edu
AF: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0230 United States
AB: Recent in situ and remotely-sensed observations have revealed an unanticipated richness in both the spatial and temporal variability of the Indonesian Throughflow region over a vast range of time scales, from tidal to intraseasonal to interannual. This variability is related to the complex interaction between forcing from the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and that locally driven within the Indonesian region. The talk will review the variability of the mass and property fluxes over all these time scales as seen in the observations. Highlights will be drawn from recent direct measurements of velocity, temperature and salinity from an 18-month mooring array, deployed as part of the first fieldwork phase of the International Nusantara Stratification and Transport (INSTANT) program within the inflow and outflow passages of the Indonesian Throughflow region.
DE: 4227 Diurnal, seasonal, and annual cycles (0438)
DE: 4277 Time series experiments (1872, 3270, 4475)
DE: 4512 Currents
DE: 4532 General circulation (1218, 1222)
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005