Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity in the Indonesian Seas

Autor: KARANG, I Wayan Gede Astawa, PRIYONO, Bayu, ADIBUSANA, Made Narayana, OSAWA, Takahiro
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Zdroj: Proceedings of the CEReS international symposium = CEReS国際シンポジウム資料集. 24:79-88
Popis: [ABSTRACT]National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently launched Aquarius satelliteto measure the Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) fields from space at global and regional scales. These five years ofSSS data were analyzed in the Indonesian Seas. The analysis is focused on whatpatterns of the spatial and temporal distributions of SSS in the Indonesian Seas? How does SSS change with seasons in the Indonesian Seas, particularly in the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) channel? As a resultAquarius observations of SSS showed Indonesian Sea varied annual and seasonally. SSS propagating feature was characterized with the seasonal cycle such as Southeast monsoon and Northwest monsoon and estimated SSS concentrations during January to May give fresher (lower) thanduring June to November due to rainfall effects. The seasonal variability of SSS in the ITF channel was also estimated in the Java Sea, Makassar Strait, Celebes and Banda Seas. These results showed that SSS patterns in these seas might be influenced by El-Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomena and La-Nina duringNorthwest Monsoon period which indicated by remarkable freshening in the South China Sea then expand to the Java Sea, Makasar Strait and Banda Sea.
Databáze: OpenAIRE