Dipole behaviour in maximum significant wave height over the Southern Indian Ocean

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (14) ◽  
pp. 4925-4937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitika Gupta ◽  
Prasad K. Bhaskaran ◽  
Mihir K. Dash
2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 2211-2222 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Harikumar ◽  
N. K. Hithin ◽  
T. M. Balakrishnan Nair ◽  
P. Sirisha ◽  
B. Krishna Prasad ◽  
...  

AbstractOcean state forecast (OSF) along ship routes (OAS) is an advisory service of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of the Earth System Science Organization (ESSO) that helps mariners to ensure safe navigation in the Indian Ocean in all seasons as well as in extreme conditions. As there are many users who solely depend on this service for their decision making, it is very important to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the service using the available in situ and satellite observations. This study evaluates the significant wave height (Hs) along the ship track in the Indian Ocean using the ship-mounted wave height meter (SWHM) on board the Oceanographic Research Vessel Sagar Nidhi, and the Cryosat-2 and Jason altimeters. Reliability of the SWHM is confirmed by comparing with collocated buoy and altimeter observations. The comparison along the ship routes using the SWHM shows very good agreement (correlation coefficient > 0.80) in all three oceanic regimes, [the tropical northern Indian Ocean (TNIO), the tropical southern Indian Ocean (TSIO), and extratropical southern Indian Ocean (ETSI)] with respect to the forecasts with a lead time of 48 h. However, the analysis shows ~10% overestimation of forecasted significant wave height in the low wave heights, especially in the TNIO. The forecast is found very reliable and accurate for the three regions during June–September with a higher correlation coefficient (average = 0.88) and a lower scatter index (average = 15%). During other months, overestimation (bias) of lower Hs is visible in the TNIO.


2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 3405-3423 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sreelakshmi ◽  
Prasad K. Bhaskaran

Previous studies investigated the Indian Ocean's currents' impacts on the trajectory movement of MH370 debris. This chapter introduces the novel approach of investigating the wave pattern variations in the Indian Ocean on the MH370 debris. The novel approach based on the altimeter interferometry technique is utilized in this chapter. To this end, dual SIRAL instruments on-board of CryoSat-2 are applied to obtain the annual cycle of significant wave height across the Indian Ocean. In this chapter, in a one-year significant wave height cycle, the swell remains propagating from the Southwest to the Northeast from January to March 2015 with a maximum significant wave height of 5 m in the Northeast Offshore Australian Shelf and 7 m significant wave height Southwest of Australian Shelf. In this circumstance, the Pareto algorithm proves that the flaperon would submerge to a water depth less than 300 m on account of the impact of wave power of 22000 KJ/m/wave. It can be said that the flaperon would be submerged further to a water depth of 1000 m because of the wave power of 30000 KJ/m/wave.


2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiranjivi Jayaram ◽  
Saurabh Bansal ◽  
A. Sai Krishnaveni ◽  
Neethu Chacko ◽  
V. M. Chowdary ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 174-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Mahesh Kumar ◽  
D. Swain ◽  
S.K. Sasamal ◽  
N. Narendra Reddy ◽  
T. Ramanjappa

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 286-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditya Chaudhary ◽  
Sujit Basu ◽  
Raj Kumar ◽  
K.V.S.R. Prasad ◽  
Rashmi Sharma

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yosafat Donni Haryanto ◽  
Nelly Florida Riama ◽  
Dendi Rona Purnama ◽  
Aurel Dwiyana Sigalingging

This study aims to analyze the effect of the differences in intensity and track of tropical cyclones upon significant wave heights and direction of ocean waves in the southeast Indian Ocean. We used the tropical cyclone data from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) starting from December 1997 to November 2017. The significant wave height and wave direction data are reanalysis data from Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), and the mean sea level pressure, surface wind speed, and wind direction data are reanalysis data from European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) from December 1997 to November 2017. The results show that the significant wave height increases with the increasing intensity of tropical cyclones. Meanwhile, the direction of the waves is influenced by the presence of tropical cyclones when tropical cyclones enter the categories of 3, 4, and 5. Tropical cyclones that move far from land tend to have higher significant wave height and wider affected areas compared to tropical cyclones that move near the mainland following the coastline


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