Dramatic impact of the South China Sea on the Indonesian Throughflow

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Jun 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3412612t&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 12, CiteID L12612

Physics

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Oceanography: General: Marginal And Semi-Enclosed Seas, Oceanography: General: Numerical Modeling (0545, 0560), Oceanography: Physical: Currents

Scientific paper

Using OGCM experiments with and without the South China Sea throughflow, it is shown that this throughflow plays an important role in generating the subsurface maxima in the meridional velocity of the Makassar Strait throughflow. The maximum in the southward flow is located at subsurface around 110 m in the control run, whereas that exists near the surface without the South China Sea throughflow. This results in 0.18 PW difference in the southward heat transport by the Makassar Strait throughflow, suggesting that the South China Sea throughflow may play an important role in climate variability of the Indo-Pacific region. Furthermore, the South China Sea throughflow, which undergoes a seasonal variation with a maximum in boreal winter, significantly influences the simulated seasonal variation in the Makassar Strait throughflow.

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