Direct evidence of the South Java Current system in Ombai Strait

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-156

  Sprintall, Janet ^a   Wijffels, Susan ^b   Molcard, Robert ^c   Jaya, Indra ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Ekman dynamics; Indian Ocean Kelvin waves; Ombai Strait; South Java Current

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; CURRENT SYSTEM; EKMAN FLOW; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; INTERANNUAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALE; KELVIN WAVES; MODELING STUDIES; OMBAI STRAIT; SHORT DURATIONS; SOUTHEAST MONSOON; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE MAPS; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; TIME SERIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FLOW VELOCITY; KELVIN WAVE; MONSOON; OCEANIC CURRENT; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THROUGHFLOW;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN SEAS; OMBAI STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAVU SEA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 77953809547     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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