A NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT OF 50-DAY RESONANCE INDUCED BY INDIAN OCEAN KELVIN WAVE IN THE SULAWESI SEA

Authors

Fadli Syamsudin, Center for Research and Development of Technology for Natural Resources Inventory, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Jakarta 10340, IndonesiaFollow

Abstract

A numerical ocean modeling study using spectral element method is used to simulate the Indian Ocean Kelvin wave propagation along the Makassar Strait and the Sulawesi Sea by giving a-prescribed-50-day Kelvin wave forcing in the northern mouth of the Lombok Strait. The least square fit analysis is employed to extract a-50-day-resonant signal from the interface height data simulation. The results indicate that the 50-day Kelvin wave propagates northward along the Makassar Strait. One part of this wave turns back at the Labani channel and makes southward propagation along the eastern coast of the Makassar Strait. The rest part is going further to enter the Sulawesi Sea and makes 50-day resonance within the basin. This finding will have important implication on the intra-seasonal time scale variability of the Indonesian throughflow transport entering the Indonesian Seas and needs further investigation as well as comparison with observational data.

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Recommended Citation

Syamsudin, Fadli (2004) "A NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT OF 50-DAY RESONANCE INDUCED BY INDIAN OCEAN KELVIN WAVE IN THE SULAWESI SEA," Makara Journal of Science: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 6.
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