Low Latitude Indian to Western Pacific, from 40E to 160E
Abstract
The PI will follow research plans that fall under a general theme of regionalscale oceanography and their coupling to the large-scale ocean system, representing acrosscutting, integrated approach. It stretches from the western Indian Ocean eastward tothe complex archipelago of the Maritime continent into the western boundary currentsand warm pool of the tropical Pacific Ocean. The tropical belt that stretches from Africa across the Indian Ocean, spanning the complex archipelago between SE Asia and Australia (forming the Maritime Continent) into the western tropical Pacific, is a central component of the global system, pertinent to such climate phenomenon as the Asian monsoon and cyclic swings between El Niño and La Niña (see summary Figure). My research plans fall under a general theme of regional scale oceanography and their coupling to the large-scale ocean system, representing a crosscutting, integrated approach. It stretches from the western Indian Ocean eastward to the complex archipelago of the Maritime continent into the western boundary currents and warm pool of the tropical Pacific Ocean. There are three major research components, all considered in terms of the larger scale ocean and climate: 1. The relationship of the regional and mesoscale oceanography within the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and the interaction between these two large northern embayments of the Indian Ocean and with the equatorial belt Indian Ocean and Indonesian Throughflow; 2. The Indonesian throughflow, governing processes, its connectivity with the larger scale ocean and climate: the relationship to the western Pacific North Equatorial Bifurcation and its impact on the Indian Ocean stratification and SST; 3. The upper ocean processes of the tropical Indian, Maritime Continent and western tropical Pacific Oceans that affect SST, air-sea exchange and the characteristics of the Madden Julian Oscillation as they transit across the Maritime Continent.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Nov 23, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141612480
Entities
People
- Arnold Gordon
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
- United States Navy