Project  Dynamics of the Sunda Strait
 Principal Investigator  Dr. R. Dwi Susanto (LDEO of Columbia University, New York
 US-Grant  Office of Naval Research (ONR)
 Collaborators
 Indonesia   Dr. Budi Sulistyo, Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research (BRKP), Jakarta
 China  Prof FANG Guohong, First Institute Oceanography, Qingdao
 Objectives
 *  To quantify the magnitude and variability of Sunda Strait flow that may affect the Indian Ocean Dipole
 *  To determine whether coastally trapped Kelvin waves can penetrate the Sunda Strait and how this affects Strait stratification and mixing and its interaction with water from the Java Sea.
 Figure 1. Indonesian throughflow pathways from the Pacific to the Indian Oceans. INSTANT mooring locations (magenta lines) in the Makassar Strait, Lifamatola passage, Ombai and Lombok Strait and Timor passage (2003-2006). Trawl Resistant Bottom Mounted(TRBM) ADCPs in the Sunda Strait (blue and red stars in the bottom insert). S1 and S2 from November 2008 to November 2010, while new Chinese moorings (S1n and S2n) from February 2010 to present. Red dots are CTD stations.