How Much Water Passes through the Indonesian Passages?
Abstract
The goal of this project is to obtain a more thorough understanding of the dynamics of the Indonesian Throughflow. We plan to establish new flow rate laws for currents forced through an arrangement of islands. I am conducting analytical and numerical investigations of the Indonesian Throughflow and plan to make comparisons of the results with data presently being collected as part of Arlindo II. Arlindo II is a cooperative project of the United States and Indonesia. The abbreviation "Arlindo" originates in Malay and stands for avarus (sea), lintas (flow), and Indonesian. We are completing an examination of the amount of water that can be forced through a single gap, and the distribution of such flows through a "porous" wall containing a number of gaps. We plan to apply our calculations to warm (and fresh) Pacific waters exiting from the Indonesian Seas through the Lombok Strait, the Alor Strait, and the Timor Passage. Research has resulted in the preparation and publication of several papers, listed at the end of this report in the order in which they were completed. Most have not been supported solely by ONR but also by NSF and NASA. The papers that are most closely related to the Throughflow study are #3, #4 and #7. The most important aspect of these articles is the finding that all of the Indonesian Throughflow must be upwelled into the thermocline somewhere along the equatorial Pacific.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA552501
Entities
People
- Doron Nof
Organizations
- Florida State University