R. Dwi Susanto, Ph.D.

Research Professor


Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
And
Marine Estuarine and Environmental Sciences
University of Maryland
Computer and Space Science Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Email: dwi


Adjunct Professors:


Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (FPIK)
Diponegoro University
Semarang, Central Java, INDONESIA.
Email: dwi


Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology (FITB)
Bandung Institute of Technology
Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung, West Java 40132, INDONESIA.
Email: dwi

INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW (ITF) - OCEAN & CLIMATE DYNAMICS OF INDO-PACIFIC REGION

  • ITF Pathways
    Inflow Passages:
    Makassaer Strait (75%),
    Lifamatola Passage,
    & Karimata Strait

    Outflow passages:
    Lombok Strait,
    Ombai Strait,
    Timor passage,
    Sunda Strait,
    Bali Strait,
    Alas Strait,
    Sape Strait.
  • ITF MAKASSAR
    Mooring deployment 2009
    in the Makassar Strait
    Using R/V Geomarin III
    maintained by MGI/Indonesia

    Chief Scientist: Dwi Susanto
  • ITF MAKASSAR
    Makassar Strait Velocity
    Seasonal mean (left)
    Max velocity at 120 m

    Vertical profiles (right)
    From Jan. 2004 to Jul. 2009
    Northward intrusion Kelvin
    waves (deep blue).

    Susanto et al. JGR (2012).
  • ITF KARIMATA
    South China Sea- Indonesian
    Seas Transport/Exchange
    (SITE) via Karimata &
    Sunda Straits - Java Sea

    Vertical velocity profile (right)
    From Dec. 2007 to Nov. 2008

    Susanto et al. (2013).
  • Internal Waves
    SAR Images of internal
    waves in the Lombok Strait
    propagating northward,
    and/or southward (left)

    Internal waves in the
    Lombok Strait, observed
    by dual frequency Fishfinder
    Amplitude: ~100 meters (right)
    Period: ~12 minutes

    Susanto et al. (2005).
  • Papua Glaciers
    1 out of 3 tropical glaciers
    The only tropical glaciers in
    the Western Pacific Warm Pool
    Ice cores to reveal
    climate history in the Pacific
    Expedition: May-June 2010,

    Collaborators:
    Lonnie G. Thompson (Ohio)
    Ellen Mosley-Thompson
    BMKG-Indonesia
    Freeport McMoran - Indonesia