The Surface Layer Contribution to the Indonesian Throughflow

印尼通流是一条低纬度的通道，温暖而新鲜的太平洋海水由此进入印度洋。贯穿流是全球海洋环流的一个非常重要的组成部分，这种流动的变化与印度洋和太平洋的海洋和耦合气候异常的演变有关。虽然有许多历史和正在进行的研究和实地工作致力于通流，但很少有人关注风驱动的Ekman对净输送的贡献。尺度论证表明，在东南季风季节，这种由风驱动的气流可能占某些地区总运输量的30%。在这项研究中，斯克里普斯海洋学研究所的一名科学家将与一名印度尼西亚气象学家合作，确定对贯通流的质量、温度和淡水通量的埃克曼分量的最佳估计。这将是对印度尼西亚周围地区风力驱动的地面运输的第一次全面研究，并将有助于我们对该地区环流的全面了解，这将直接影响我们对气候系统的理解。因此，它具有重要的社会意义。此外，风驱动的环流影响上升流和下升流，从而影响该地区的养分通量和生物生产力，从而对重要的渔业产生直接影响。这对发展中国家印度尼西亚具有重要的经济意义。这项研究还包括与一名印度尼西亚科学家的研究合作，这将加强科学研究。

OCE-0621601The Indonesian Throughflow is the low latitude conduit by which warm and fresh Pacific waters enter the Indian Ocean. The Throughflow is a highly significant component of the global ocean circulation and variability in this flow has been linked to the evolution of oceanic and coupled climate anomalies in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. While there has been much historical and ongoing studies and fieldwork devoted to the Throughflow, there has been little attention paid to the wind-driven Ekman contribution to the net transport. Scaling arguments suggest that this wind-driven flow may contribute as much as 30% of the total transport in some regions during the southeast monsoon seasons. In this study, a scientist at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography will work with an Indonesian meteorologist to determine a best estimate of the Ekman component of the mass, temperature and freshwater fluxes of the Throughflow. This will be one of the first comprehensive studies of the wind-driven surface transport in the region around Indonesia and will contribute to our overall knowledge of the region's circulation which will directly influence our understanding of our climate system. As such, it has important societal implications. In addition, the wind-driven circulation affects upwelling and downwelling which influence nutrient fluxes and biological productivity in the area and thus has a direct impact on important fisheries. This has important economic implications for the developing nation of Indonesia. The study also includes a research collaboration with an Indonesian scientist which should strengthen scientific research.