| Session Details | |
| Section | OS - Ocean Sciences |
| Session Title | Indonesian Seas: Insights from Observations, Models, and Theory |
| Main Convener | Dr. Robin Robertson (University of New South Wales, Australia) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Agus Atmadipoera (Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia) |
| Session Description | The Indonesian Seas play a critical role in the global overturning circulation, particularly as a choke point in the primary surface return flow path. The transport through the Indonesian Seas has been monitord during the last decade by sets of moorings. The transport varies and is modulated by the monsoons, ENSO, and a Kelvin wave entering from the Indian Ocean. Furthermore, North and South Pacific waters with input from surface precipitation are transformed through mixing in the Indonesian Seas into a cooler, fresher, water mass. The transports and outgoing water mass affect not only the surface return flow, but also the Leeuwin Current and the eastern Indian Ocean. These, in turn, affect weather and climate not only for Indonesia, but also for Australia and Southeast Asia. This session encompasses circulation and mixing in the Indonesian Seas and their variability due to monsoons, ENSO, climate change etc. as determined through theory, observations, and modelling. |