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Eddies spatial variability at Makassar Strait – Flores Sea
F Nuzula, M L Syamsudin, L P S Yuliadi, N P Purba, Martono
Universitas Padjadjaran, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 54 (2017) 012079, doi:10.1088/1755-1315/54/1/012079
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Universitas Padjadjaran, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 54 (2017) 012079, doi:10.1088/1755-1315/54/1/012079
Eddies spatial, Makassar Strait – Flores Sea
This study was aimed to get the distribution of eddies spatially and temporally from Makassar Waters (MW) to Flores Sea (FS), as well as its relations with the upwelling, the downwelling, and chlorophyll-a concentration. The study area extends from 115 o – 125 o E to 2.5o – 8 o S. The datasets were consisted of monthly geostrophic currents, sea surface heights, sea surface temperatures, and chlorophyll-a from 2008 – 2012. The results showed that eddies which found at Makassar Strait (MS) has the highest diameter and speed of 255.3 km and 21.4 cm/s respectively, while at the southern MW has 266.4 km and 15.6 cm/s, and at FS has 182.04 km and 11.4 cm/s. From a total of 51 eddies found, the majority of eddies type was anticyclonic. At MS and FS, eddies formed along the year, whereas at southern MW were found missing in West Season. Moreover, the chlorophyll-a concentration was consistently higher at the eddies area. Even though, the correlation among eddies and the upwelling downwelling phenomena was not significantly as shown by sea surface temperatures value.