A5053587741- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Marine and fisheries research
- Climate variability and models
Institute of Oceanology
2021-2023
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2021-2023
Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology
2021-2023
The Indonesian Throughflow plays an important role in the global ocean circulation and climate. Existing studies of have focused on Makassar Strait exit straits, where upper thermocline currents carry North Pacific waters to Indian Ocean. Here we show, using mooring observations, that a previous unknown intermediate western boundary current (with core at ~1000 m depth) exists Maluku Sea, which transports (primarily Antarctic Intermediate Water) from into Seram-Banda Seas through Lifamatola...
Abstract An autonomous underwater glider was deployed in the Maluku Channel during 1 December 2018 through 21 February 2019 to measure temperature and salinity profiles of upper ∼1,000 m continuously. The measurements suggest intraseasonal variations Pacific water mass intrusions into Channel, which has not been reported before. North Tropical Intermediate Waters are found intrude episodically eastern at depths 130–180 250–300 m, respectively, January 2019, each lasting for a few days week....
Abstract The currents and water mass properties at the Pacific entrance of Indonesian seas are studied using measurements three subsurface moorings deployed between Talaud Halmahera Islands. moored current meter data show northeastward mean toward Ocean in upper 400 m during nearly 2-yr mooring period, with maximum velocity northern part channel. transport 60- 300-m depths is estimated to be 10.1–13.2 Sv (1 ≡ 10 6 3 s −1 ) 2016–17, when all have measurements. variability along-channel...
Abstract The structure and variability of the currents in Timor Passage are studied based on measurements from a subsurface mooring deployed center passage September 2017 to December 2019. annual mean found flow westward into Indian Ocean upper 1,400 m, with maximum velocity core at ∼50 m. volume transport through is estimated be −9.9 ± 1.0 Sv (1 = 10 6 m 3 s −1 ) much this concentrated 480 (−8.9 Sv). This value contrasts estimate −7.5 above 1,890 INSTANT measurements. during 2019 positive...