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| Jean-baptiste, P; Jenkins, Wj; Dutay, Jc; Fourre, E; Leboucher, V; Fieux, M. |
| Because of the high interannual and seasonal variability, transports from the various methods used to estimate the Indonesian throughflow encompass a large range of values. Here, we estimate a temporally integrated transport for the throughflow from comparison of the tritium water column inventory on both sides of the throughflow. Our approach is based on the simple idea that tritium, with a radioactive decay half-life of 12.32 yr, is well suited to infer the transit time ( and consequently the mass flow) of the waters through the Indonesian archipelago. We show that the tritium budget implies a flow of 8.6 +/- 4 Sv, corresponding to a transit time of 10.5 yr. This result, which represents an average over seasons and several ENSO and non-ENSO periods,... |
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| Ano: 2004 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00228/33914/32215.pdf |
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| Leboucher, V; Jean-baptiste, P; Fourre, E; Arnold, M; Fieux, M. |
| Results are presented of radiocarbon and tritium measurements along a transect between the Australian continental shelf and the Indonesian coast of Bali. The stations lie in the easternmost part of the Indian Ocean, close to the sills over which the Indonesian through flow (ITF) makes its way to the Indian Ocean. The present data, obtained as part of the JavaAustralia Dynamics Experiment (JADE) in August 1989, complement the WOCE C-14 and tritium data set on both sides of the Indonesian archipelago and give us the opportunity to discuss the origin of the water masses and timescale of the through flow. Both tracers point to a north equatorial Pacific origin of the waters. The comparison of the tritium inventories in the Pacific North Equatorial Current and... |
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| Ano: 2004 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00228/33931/32312.pdf |
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