The Ocean Barrier Layer in the Eastern Indian Ocean as a Predictor for Rainfall over the Indonesian-Australian Region

Detelina Ivanova1, Julie McClean1, Janet Sprintall2 and Ru Chen3, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Univ California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, United States