Welcome to the INSTANT Web site!
INSTANT is an acronym for the 'International Nusantara Stratification
And Transport' program.
The aim of INSTANT is to directly measure the leakage of
warm and fresh waters from
the western equatorial Pacific into the South Indian Ocean via the
Indonesian passages.
The size and depth distribution of this Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) has
not been well
determined, and this has lead to ambiguity of the mean and variability
of the ITF. The
INSTANT project will consist of a 3-year deployment of in situ velocity,
temperature and
salinity data from the sea-floor to the surface in the major inflow and
outflow straits that
make up the Indonesian choke point. The array is designed to measure the
mass, heat and
freshwater transports that flow into and out of the Indonesian Seas.
Five nations are participating in INSTANT: Indonesia,
France, the Netherlands, the USA and Australia.
The Indonesian Ministry of Marine and Fisheries is sponsoring the
Indonesian
involvement.
For more information on INSTANT, download the following
EOS article.
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