A Maluku Sea intermediate western boundary current connecting Pacific Ocean circulation to the Indonesian Throughflow

Here the authors use in situ mooring data in the Maluku Channel and the Lifamatola Passage of the Indonesian seas to show that a western boundary current transports Antarctic water from the South Pacific to the Indian Ocean.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Dongliang Yuan, Xueli Yin, Xiang Li, Corry Corvianawatie, Zheng Wang, Yao Li, Ya Yang, Xiaoyue Hu, Jing Wang, Shuwen Tan, Dewi Surinati, Adi Purwandana, Adhitya Kusuma Wardana, Mochamad Furqon Azis Ismail, Asep Sandra Budiman, Ahmad Bayhaqi, Praditya Avianto, Priyadi Dwi Santoso, Edi Kusmanto, Dirhamsyah, Zainal Arifin, Larry J. Pratt
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:	Science Q Antarctic Pacific Indian Antarc*
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29617-6 https://doaj.org/article/19da761f52c6461fb80387e6d0497653

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Summary:	Here the authors use in situ mooring data in the Maluku Channel and the Lifamatola Passage of the Indonesian seas to show that a western boundary current transports Antarctic water from the South Pacific to the Indian Ocean.