scholarly journals Satellite estimate of freshwater exchange between the Indonesian Seas and the Indian Ocean via the Sunda Strait

2016 ◽  
Vol 121 (7) ◽  
pp. 5098-5111 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Potemra ◽  
Peter W. Hacker ◽  
Oleg Melnichenko ◽  
Nikolai Maximenko
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Indonesian Seas ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Satellite Estimate

Impact of the barotropic tides on the seasonal Indonesian Throughflow 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oceane Richet ◽  
Bernadette Sloyan ◽  
Bea Pena-Molino ◽  
Maxim Nikurashin
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Thermohaline Circulation ◽  
Vertical Mixing ◽  
Warm Pool ◽  
Ocean Basin ◽  
Indonesian Throughflow ◽  
Indonesian Seas ◽  
Pacific Waters ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Impact

<p>The Indonesian seas play a fundamental role in the coupled climate system, featuring the only tropical exchange between ocean basins in the global thermohaline circulation. The Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) carries Pacific Ocean warm pool waters through the Indonesian Seas, where they are cooled and freshened. The incoming Pacific waters are strongly modified via vertical mixing driven by numerous ocean processes and ocean-atmosphere fluxes. The result is a unique water mass that can be tracked across the Indian Ocean basin and beyond. With our high-resolution regional model of the Indonesian Seas, designed with the MITgcm, we focus our study on the impact of the barotropic tides on the ITF. In fact, the strong tides coming from the Pacific and Indian Oceans enter in the Indonesian Seas through narrow straits and interact with the complex topography of the region (sills, islands, deep seas). This interaction between the tides and the topography impacts directly the ITF by modifying the transport toward the Indian Ocean.</p>

Interaction between the Indonesian Seas and the Indian Ocean in Observations and Numerical Models*

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1838-1854 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Potemra ◽  
Susan L. Hautala ◽  
Janet Sprintall ◽  
Wahyu Pandoe
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Indonesian Seas ◽  
The Indian Ocean

THE ROLE OF EDUCATION ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CASE STUDY OF 2012 INDIAN OCEAN EARTHQUAKES ON THAILAND’S

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raya Muttarak ◽  
Wiraporn Pothisiri
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Disaster Experience ◽  
Individual Household ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
The Individual

In this paper we investigate how well residents of the Andaman coast in Phang Nga province, Thailand, are prepared for earthquakes and tsunami. It is hypothesized that formal education can promote disaster preparedness because education enhances individual cognitive and learning skills, as well as access to information. A survey was conducted of 557 households in the areas that received tsunami warnings following the Indian Ocean earthquakes on 11 April 2012. Interviews were carried out during the period of numerous aftershocks, which put residents in the region on high alert. The respondents were asked what emergency preparedness measures they had taken following the 11 April earthquakes. Using the partial proportional odds model, the paper investigates determinants of personal disaster preparedness measured as the number of preparedness actions taken. Controlling for village effects, we find that formal education, measured at the individual, household, and community levels, has a positive relationship with taking preparedness measures. For the survey group without past disaster experience, the education level of household members is positively related to disaster preparedness. The findings also show that disaster related training is most effective for individuals with high educational attainment. Furthermore, living in a community with a higher proportion of women who have at least a secondary education increases the likelihood of disaster preparedness. In conclusion, we found that formal education can increase disaster preparedness and reduce vulnerability to natural hazards.

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