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Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-771-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-771-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 3
Research article
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02 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 02 Jun 2016

The connection of the Indonesian Throughflow, South Indian Ocean Countercurrent and the Leeuwin Current

Erwin Lambert, Dewi Le Bars, and Wilhelmus P. M. de Ruijter

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In the upper layers of the South Indian Ocean, three anomalous currents are observed: The South Indian Ocean Countercurrent, the Leeuwin Current and the Indonesian Throughflow. Using two models of different complexity, we show how these three currents can be dynamically connected, unravelling the large-scale connectivity. Further, we produce a conceptual theory of how this current system follows an idealized pattern of wind stress and buoyancy forcing.
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