Indonesian Throughflow

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The Indonesian Throughflow is a major ocean current system that transports warm, low-salinity water from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean through the complex network of Indonesian seas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of global ocean circulation ⓘ
interocean exchange current ⓘ
ocean current system ⓘ
affects global energy budget ⓘ
heat redistribution between Pacific and Indian Oceans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ITF ⓘ
associatedWith mixing and water mass transformation in Indonesian seas ⓘ
connectsOcean Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
countryRegion Indonesia ⓘ
drivenBy large-scale Pacific–Indian pressure gradient ⓘ
trade winds in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
flowsFrom Pacific Ocean ⓘ
flowsThrough Indonesian archipelago ⓘ
Indonesian seas ⓘ
flowsTo Indian Ocean ⓘ
governedBy complex topography of Indonesian archipelago ⓘ
narrow straits and sills ⓘ
importance key pathway for inter-basin exchange of heat and freshwater ⓘ
influences Indian Ocean heat content ⓘ
Indo-Pacific climate variability ⓘ
global thermohaline circulation ⓘ
marine ecosystems in the Indonesian seas ⓘ
monsoon systems ⓘ
regional sea level patterns ⓘ
mainInflowRegion western equatorial Pacific Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Equatorial Pacific
mainOutflowRegion eastern Indian Ocean ⓘ
majorPathway Banda Sea ⓘ
Lombok Strait ⓘ
Makassar Strait ⓘ
Ombai Strait ⓘ
Timor Passage ⓘ
modulatedBy El Niño–Southern Oscillation ⓘ
Indian Ocean Dipole ⓘ
monsoonal wind reversals ⓘ
partOf Indo-Pacific warm pool system ⓘ
researchMethod hydrographic surveys ⓘ
moored current meter arrays ⓘ
numerical ocean models ⓘ
satellite remote sensing ⓘ
seasonalVariability strong ⓘ
transportDirection from Pacific to Indian Ocean ⓘ
transportUnit Sverdrup ⓘ
typicalNetTransport about 15 Sverdrups ⓘ
verticalStructure significant thermocline transport ⓘ
surface-intensified flow ⓘ
waterProperty low-salinity water ⓘ
warm water ⓘ

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Lombok Strait → partOf → Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
Makassar Strait → partOf → Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
Makassar Strait → partOf → Western Pacific–Indian Ocean exchange ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian Throughflow
New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent → feeds → Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
Savunese waters → influencedBy → Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
Indian Ocean circulation → component → Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
Indian Ocean circulation → connectedTo → Pacific Ocean circulation via Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian Throughflow
Ombai Strait → partOf → Indonesian Throughflow pathway ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian Throughflow
Lesser Sunda Islands maritime region → influencedBy → Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
New Guinea Coastal Current → connectedTo → Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
Indonesian Indian Ocean coast → oceanographicFeature → Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
Timor Passage → partOf → Indonesian Throughflow system ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian Throughflow
Timor Passage → hasCurrent → Indonesian Throughflow ⓘ
Indonesian Throughflow → alsoKnownAs → Indonesian Throughflow system ⓘ
subject linked to: ITF
linked to: Indonesian Throughflow