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Figure 1. Indonesian throughflow pathways from the Pacific to the Indian Oceans. INSTANT mooring locations (magenta lines) in the Makassar Strait (2 moorings), Lifamatola passage (1 mooring), Ombai Strait (2 moorings) and Lombok Strait (2 moorings) and Timor passage (4 moorings).


Project	INSTANT: International Nusantara Stratification and Transport
Principal Investigator	Arnold L. Gordon, R. Dwi Susanto, Amy Ffield (LDEO of Columbia University) and Janet Sprintall (Scripps)
Grant	National Science Foundation (NSF), USA
Collaborators	Indonesia: Indroyono Soesilo and Sugiarta Wirasantosa, Balitbang-KP, Irsan Brodjonegoro (ITB) and Indra Jaya (IPB) Australia: Susan Wijffels (CSIRO) France: Robert Molcard (IPSL) The Netherlands: Hendrik van Aken (NIOZ)
Objectives	To determine the full depth velocity and property structure of the throughflow and it’s associated heat and freshwater flux. To resolve the annual, seasonal and intraseasonal characteristics of the ITF transport and property flux. To investigate the storage and modification of the ITF waters within the internal Indonesian seas. To contribute to the design of a cost-effective, long term monitoring strategy for the ITF.

5. Susanto, R D, A. Ffield, A. Gordon and T.R. Adi, 2012: Variability of Indonesian throughflow with Makassar Strait: 2004-2009, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C09013, doi:10.1029/2012JC008096.

4. Metzger, E.J, H.E. Hurlburt, X. Xu, J.F. Shriver, A.L. Gordon, J. Sprintall, R.D. Susanto, H.M. van Aken, 2010: Simulated and Observed Circulation in the Indonesian Seas: 1/12° Global HYCOM and the INSTANT Observations, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 50, 275-300, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2010.04.002.

3. Gordon, A., J. Sprintall, H. van Aken, R.D. Susanto, S. Wijffels, R. Molcard, A. Ffield, W. Pranowo, 2010: The Indonesian Throughflow during 2004-2006 as observed by the INSTANT program, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 50 115-128, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2009.12.002.

2. Gordon, A.L, R.D. Susanto, A. Ffield, B. Huber, W. Pranowo, S. Wirasantosa, 2008: Makassar Strait Throughflow 2004-2006, Geophy. Res. Lett., 35, L24605, doi:10.1029/2008GL036372.

1. Gordon, A, I. Soesilo, I. Brodjonegoro, A. Ffield, I. Jaya, R. Molcard, J. Sprintall, R. D. Susanto, H. van Aken, S. Wijffels, S. Wirasantosa, The first 1.5 years of INSTANT data reveal the complexities of the Indonesian Throughflow, Clivar Exchange, 39 (11), October 2006.

INSTANT: end of 2003 - early 2007

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