Drastic thickening of the barrier layer off the western coast of Sumatra due to the Madden-Julian oscillation passage during the Pre-Years of the Maritime Continent campaign

Drastic thickening of the barrier layer off the western coast of Sumatra due to the Madden-Julian oscillation passage during the Pre-Years of the Maritime Continent campaign

Abstract The drastic thickening of the barrier layer in the marginal sea off the western coast of Sumatra during the passage of the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) observed during December 2015 is investigated. Before the MJO arrival, the halocline above a depth of 20 m was very strong, and the barr...

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Main Authors: Qoosaku Moteki, Masaki Katsumata, Kunio Yoneyama, Kentaro Ando, Takuya Hasegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Subjects:
Barrier layer
Madden-Julian oscillation
Air-sea interaction
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40645-018-0190-9

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