Pelancaran Ekspedisi Pelayaran Kebangsaan 2016 (EPSK’16), disempurnakan oleh Naib Canselor UMT Prof. Dato’Dr. Nor Aieni Mokhtar di Duyong Marina & Resort, Pulau Duyong, Kuala Terengganu. EPSK’16 merupakan program anjuran Kementerian Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi (MOSTI) dengan kerjasama strategik antara pihak MOSTI, Pusat Hidrografi Nasional (PHN), Jabatan Laut Malaysia (JLM) dan Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) melalui Strategi Lautan Biru Kebangsaan (NBOS) yang bertujuan untuk mengkaji kelestarian ekosistem marin dalam menghadapi perubahan iklim Negara yang semakin tidak menentu.

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Abstract

While the sinking formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is well understood, how this bottom water "returns home" through upwelling within ocean basins, particularly the Indo-Pacific, remains shrouded in uncertainty. In the 1960s, Munk’s classic "Abyssal Recipes" theory sought to explain these abyssal flows, yet later observations exposed two significant conflicts with real-world data. In 2016, Ferrari, McDougall, and colleagues proposed the "Towards a New Abyssal Recipe" framework, introducing bottom boundary layer (BBL) upwelling to address Munk’s inconsistencies. Drawing on recent evidence of a potential cooling trend in the deep ocean, this talk revisits these debates, offering a fresh interpretation of Munk’s discrepancies and proposing a new mechanism for abyssal upwelling in the Indo-Pacific. It contributes to the ongoing quest to unravel how bottom waters complete their global journey.

Presented by: Prof. Dr. HAN Lei
Affiliation: China-ASEAN College of Marine Science, Xiamen University, Malaysia
Address: Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia

 

 

 

 

 

 

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