Variability in coral‐reconstructed sea surface salinity between the northern and southern lombok strait linked to East Asian winter monsoon mean state reversals

• Main Authors: Wiguna, A. A., Gordon, A. L., Murty, Sujata Annavarapu, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank
• Other Authors: Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: East Asian Winter Monsoon; Sea Surface Salinity; Science::Geology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106955; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48996
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Indonesian throughflow (ITF) impacts heat and buoyancy transport from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, influencing air‐sea heat exchange and Indo‐Pacific climate. Nearly 80% of the total 15 sverdrups (1 Sv = 106 m3/s) of ITF water moves through the Makassar Strait in the western Indonesian...