@article{fdi:010076061, title = {{D}etecting change in the {I}ndonesian {S}eas [+ {C}orrigendum art. no 549, 3 p.]}, author = {{S}printall, {J}. and {G}ordon, {A}. {L}. and {W}ijffels, {S}. {E}. and {F}eng, {M}. and {H}u, {S}. {J}. and {K}och {L}arrouy, {A}riane and {P}hillips, {H}. and {N}ugroho, {D}. and {N}apitu, {A}. and {P}ujiana, {K}. and {S}usanto, {R}. {D}. and {S}loyan, {B}. and {Y}uan, {D}. {L}. and {R}iama, {N}. {F}. and {S}iswanto, {S}. and {K}uswardani, {A}. and {A}rifin, {Z}. and {W}ahyudi, {A}. {J}. and {Z}hou, {H}. and {N}agai, {T}. and {A}nsong, {J}. {K}. and {B}ourdalle-{B}adie, {R}. and {C}hanuts, {J}. and {L}yard, {F}. and {A}rbic, {B}. {K}. and {R}amdhani, {A}. and {S}etiawan, {A}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he {I}ndonesian seas play a fundamental role in the coupled ocean and climate system with the {I}ndonesian {T}hroughflow ({ITF}) providing the only tropical pathway connecting the global oceans. {P}acific warm pool waters passing through the {I}ndonesian seas are cooled and freshened by strong air-sea fluxes and mixing from internal tides to form a unique water mass that can be tracked across the {I}ndian {O}cean basin and beyond. {T}he {I}ndonesian seas lie at the climatological center of the atmospheric deep convection associated with the ascending branch of the {W}alker {C}irculation. {R}egional {SST} variations cause changes in the surface winds that can shift the center of atmospheric deep convection, subsequently altering the precipitation and ocean circulation patterns within the entire {I}ndo-{P}acific region. {R}ecent multi-decadal changes in the wind and buoyancy forcing over the tropical {I}ndo-{P}acific have directly affected the vertical profile, strength, and the heat and freshwater transports of the {ITF}. {T}hese changes influence the large-scale sea level, {SST}, precipitation and wind patterns. {O}bserving long-term changes in mass, heat and freshwater within the {I}ndonesian seas is central to understanding the variability and predictability of the global coupled climate system. {A}lthough substantial progress has been made over the past decade in measuring and modeling the physical and biogeochemical variability within the {I}ndonesian seas, large uncertainties remain. {A} comprehensive strategy is needed for measuring the temporal and spatial scales of variability that govern the various water mass transport streams of the {ITF}, its connection with the circulation and heat and freshwater inventories and associated air-sea fluxes of the regional and global oceans. {T}his white paper puts forward the design of an observational array using multi-platforms combined with high-resolution models aimed at increasing our quantitative understanding of water mass transformation rates and advection within the {I}ndonesian seas and their impacts on the air-sea climate system.}, keywords = {{I}ndonesian throughflow ; observing system ; intraseasonal ; {ENSO} ; transport ; variability ; planetary waves ; {INDONESIE} ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN} ; {PACIFIQUE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{F}rontiers in {M}arine {S}cience}, volume = {6}, numero = {art. no 257}, pages = {art. 257 [24 + {C}orrigendum art. no 549, 3 p.]}, year = {2019}, DOI = {10.3389/fmars.2019.00257}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010076061}, }