What is driving the ITF? An illumination of the Indonesian throughflow with a numerical nested model system

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-312

  Mayer, Bernhard ^a   Damm, Peter E ^a   Pohlmann, Thomas ^a   Rizal, Syamsul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Eddy shedding; HAMSOM; Indian Ocean; Indonesian throughflow; ITF; MPI OM; Numerical model system; OGCM; Pacific Ocean; Regional model; Tropical current system; Vorticity; Western boundary

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SYSTEM; EDDY-SHEDDING; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODELS; PACIFIC OCEAN; REGIONAL MODEL; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS; VORTICITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STRATIFICATION; THROUGHFLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; VORTICITY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77953811017     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Aken H.M. Dutch oceanographic research in Indonesia in colonial times. Oceanography 2005, 18(4):30-41.
2. Andersson H.C., Stigebrandt A. Regulation of the Indonesian throughflow by baroclinic draining of the North Australian Basin. Deep-Sea Research Part I 2005, 52(12):2214-2233.
3. Backhaus J.O. A three-dimensional model for the simulation of shelf sea dynamics. Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift 1985, 38:165-187.
4. Burnett W.H., Kamenkovich V.M., Gordon A.L., Mellor G.L. The influence of the pressure head on the Indonesian Seas circulation. Geophysical Research Letters 2000, 27(15):2273-2276.
5. Burnett W.H., Kamenkovich V.M., Gordon A.L., Mellor G.L. The Pacific/Indian Ocean pressure difference and its influence on the Indonesian Seas circulation: Part I-The study with specified total transports. Journal of Marine Research 2003, 61:577-611.
6. England M.H., Huang F. Interannual variability of the Indonesian throughflow and its linkage with ENSO. Journal of Climate 2005, 18:1435-1444.
7. 14C record. Journal of Geophysical Research 2008, 113:1-7.
8. Ffield A., Vranes K., Gordon A.L., et al. Temperature variability within Makassar Strait. Geophysical Research Letters 2000, 27(2):237-240.
9. Gebco Digital Atlas Team User Guide to the Centenary Edition of the GEBCO Digital Atlas and its data set 2003, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom.
10. Godfrey J.S. The effect of the Indonesian throughflow on ocean circulation and heat exchange with the atmosphere: a review. Journal of Geophysical Research 1996, 101(C5):12217-12237.
11. Godfrey J.S., Masumoto Y. Diagnosing the mean strength of the Indonesian Throughflow in an ocean general circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research 1999, 104(C4):7889-7895.
12. Gordon A.L., Susanto R.D., Ffield A. Throughflow within Makassar Strait. Geophysical Research Letters 1999, 26(21):3325-3328.
13. Gordon A.L., Susanto R.D. Banda Sea surface-layer divergence. Ocean Dynamics 2001, 52:2-10.
14. Gordon A.L., Susanto R.D., Ffield A., Huber B.A., Pranowo W., Wirasantosa S. Makassar Strait Throughflow, 2004 to 2006. Geophysical Research Letters 2008, 35(L24605). doi:10.1029/2008GL036372.
15. Hurlburt H.E., Thompson J.D. A numerical study of loop current intrusions and eddy shedding. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1980, 10:1611-1651.
16. Jean-Baptiste P., Jenkins W.J., Dutay J.C., Fourreó E., Leboucher V., Fieux M. Temporally integrated estimate of the Indonesian throughflow using tritium. Geophysical Research Letters 2004, 10:1-4.
17. Jungclaus J.H., Botzet M., Haak H., Keenlyside N., Luo J.-J., Latif M., Marotzke J., Mikolajewicz U., Roeckner E. Ocean circulation and tropical variability in the coupled model ECHAM5/MPI-OM. Journal of Climate 2006, 19:3952-3972.
18. Kalnay E., et al. The NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis 40-year Project. Bulletin American Meteorology Society 1996, 77:437-471.
19. Kamenkovich V.M., Burnett W.H., Gordon A.L., Mellor G.L. The Pacific/Indian Ocean pressure difference and its influence on the Indonesian Seas circulation: Part II: The study with specified sea-surface heights. Journal of Marine Research 2003, 61(5):613-634.
20. Kamenkovich V.M., O'Driscoll K.T.A., Nechaev D.A. Content loaded within last 14 days Dynamics of the Indonesian seas circulation. Part II-The role of pressure head. Journal of Marine Research 2009, 67(2):159-186.
21. Lebedev K.V., Yaremchuk M.I. A diagnostic study of the Indonesian Throughflow. Journal of Geophysical Research 2000, 105(C5):11243-11258.
22. Levitus, S., 1982. Climatological atlas of the world ocean. NOAA Prof. Pap., 13, pp. 922-935.
23. Marsland S.J., Haak H., Jungclaus J.H., Latif M., Röske F. The Max-Planck-Institute global Ocean/sea ice model with orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Ocean Modelling 2003, 5:91-127.
24. Masumoto Y. Effects of interannual variability in the eastern Indian Ocean on the Indonesian throughflow. Journal of Oceanography 2002, 58:175-182.
25. Meng, Xiangfeng, Wu D., Hu R., Lan J. The interdecadal variation of Indonesian Throughflow and its mechanism. Chinese Science Bulletin 2004, 49(19):2058-2067.
26. Myers G. Variation of Indonesian throughflow and the El Niño southern oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research 1996, 101:12255-12263.
27. NOAA Data Announcement 88-MGG-02, Digital Relief of the Surface of the Earth 1988, NOAA. National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO.
28. Nof D. What controls the origin of the Indonesian throughflow?. Journal of Geophysical Research 1996, 101(C5):12301-12314.
29. O'Driscoll K.T.A., Kamenkovich V.M. Dynamics of the Indonesian seas circulation. Part I-The influence of bottom topography on temperature and salinity distributions. Journal of Marine Research 2009, 67(2):119-157.
30. Pohlmann T. Predicting the thermocline in a circulation model of the North Sea. Part 1: Model description, calibration and verification. Continental Shelf Research 1996, 16:131-146.
31. Pohlmann T. A meso-scale model of the central and southern North Sea: consequences of an improved resolution. Continental Shelf Research 2006, 26:2367-2385.
32. Potemra J.T., Sprintall J., Hautala S.L., Pandoe W. Observed estimates of convergence in the Savu Sea, Indonesia. Journal of Geophysical Research 2003, 108(C1). 3001-1-3001-11.
33. Potemra J.T., Schneider N. Influence of Low-frequency Indonesian throughflow transport on temperatures in the Indian Ocean in a coupled model. Journal of Climate 2007, 20(7):1339-1352.
34. Qiu B., Mao M., Kashino Y. Intraseasonal variability in the Indo-Pacific throughflow and the regions surrounding the Indonesian Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1999, 29:1599-1618.
35. Qu T., Du Y., McCreary J.P., Meyers G., Yamagata T. Buffering effect and its related ocean dynamics in the Indonesian throughflow region. Journal of Physical Oceanography 2008, 38(2):503-516.
36. Speich S., Lutjeharms J.R.E., Penven P. Role of bathymetry in Agulhas current configuration and behaviour. Geophysical Research Letters 2006, 33(14):1-5.
37. Sprintall J., Wijffels S., Gordon A.L., Field A., Molcard R., Dwi Susanto R., Soesilo I., Sopaheluwakan J., Surachman Y., van Aken H.M. INSTANT: new international array to measure the Indonesian throughflow. Eos 2004, 85(39):369-376.
38. Sprintall J., Wijffels S.E., Molcard R., et al. Direct estimates of the Indonesian Throughflow entering the Indian Ocean: 2004-2006. Journal of Geophysical Research 2009, 114(C07001):1-58.
39. Wei L., Zhaoxin L., Hailong L. ITF in a coupled GCM and its interannual variability related to ENSO and IOD. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 2006, 25(001):32-47.
40. Wyrtki, K., 1961. Physical oceanography of the southeast Asian waters. Univ. Calif., NAGA Rept., No. 2, p. 195.
41. Wyrtki K. Indonesian throughflow and the associated pressure gradient. Journal of Geophysical Research 1987, 92(C12):12941-12946.