Spatial and Temporal Variability of Some Coastal Water Parameters at Selected Locations on the East Coast of India

East Coast Lows (ECLs) are intense low-pressure systems which occur over the subtropical east coasts of southern and northern hemisphere continents. ECLs are typically associated with gale force winds, large seas, storm surges, heavy rainfall and flooding. While ECL impacts are typically seen as negative the rainfall associated with ECLs is also very important for urban water security within the heavily populated eastern seaboard of Australia (ESA). This study investigates historical ECLs to gain insights into the timing, frequency, intensity and location of ECL occurrence as well as the magnitude and spatial extent of ECL impacts on rainfall. The different characteristics and impacts associated with different ECL sub-types are highlighted and it is proposed that this spatial and temporal variability in ECL behaviour at least partially explains why the ESA is hydroclimatically different to the rest of Australia and why different locations within the ESA have such different rainfall patterns—and therefore different levels of flood and drought risk. The-se insights are critical to the objectives of the New South Wales government funded Eastern Seaboard Climate Change Initiative (ESCCI), in particular Project 5 which focuses on the water security impacts of ECLs. The results of this work will be used to produce climate-informed stochastic daily rainfall simulations that are more realistic than existing stochastic rainfall simulation methods at preserving the statistics important for catchment-scale hydrology (e.g. clustering of extreme events, long-term persistence, frequency/duration/magnitude of wet and dry spells). These simulated rainfall sequences, that incorporate the spatial and temporal hydroclimatic variability caused by ECLs and other climate phenomena, are important inputs into the hydrological models used to determine current and future urban water security within the ESA.

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Spatial and temporal variability of aerobic anoxygenic photoheterotrophic bacteria along the east coast of Australia

Environmental Microbiology ◽

10.1111/1462-2920.13436 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (12) ◽

pp. 4485-4500 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jaime Bibiloni-Isaksson ◽

Justin R. Seymour ◽

Tim Ingleton ◽

Jodie van de Kamp ◽

Levente Bodrossy ◽

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Keyword(s):

Temporal Variability ◽

East Coast ◽

Spatial And Temporal Variability

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Links between East Coast Lows and the spatial and temporal variability of rainfall along the eastern seaboard of Australia

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal ◽

10.22499/3.6002.006 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 66 (2) ◽

pp. 162-176 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Anthony S. Kiem ◽

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Callum Twomey ◽

Natalie Lockart ◽

Garry Willgoose ◽

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Keyword(s):

Temporal Variability ◽

East Coast ◽

Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽

Eastern Seaboard

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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Intertidal Rocky Shore Bivalves and Gastropods in Sichang Island, East Coast of Thailand

Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory Special Publication Series ◽

10.5134/144640 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 35-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

SUJITRA SAMAKRAMAN ◽

GRAY A. WILLIAMS ◽

MONTHON GANMANEE

Keyword(s):

Temporal Variability ◽

Rocky Shore ◽

East Coast ◽

Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽

Intertidal Rocky Shore

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Variasi Fluks CO2 Udara-Laut di Perairan Pesisir Pulau Bintan

Oseanologi dan Limnologi di Indonesia ◽

10.14203/oldi.2020.v5i3.266 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 145

Author(s):

Afdal Afdal ◽

Hanif Budi Prayitno ◽

A'an Johan Wahyudi ◽

Suci Lastrini

Keyword(s):

Surface Water ◽

Partial Pressure ◽

Coastal Water ◽

Temporal Variability ◽

Monsoon Season ◽

Carbon Sources ◽

Southwest Monsoon ◽

Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽

Coral Reef Ecosystems ◽

Spatio Temporal

Variation of Air-Sea CO2 Fluxes in Bintan Island Coastal Water. Eastern part of Bintan coastal water plays a major role as CO2 sink. However, flux and partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) dynamically follows spatio-temporal variability. Spatio-temporal variability of CO2 flux may shows the whole condition of Bintan Island coastal water, especially in correlation with the primary production. Systematic study on variability of CO2 flux from or to the watern column is essential to understand the whole conditions of Bintan Island coastal water. This study aims to understand the spatio-temporal variation of CO2 fluxes in Bintan Island coastal water, and the factors influencing it. This study was conducted in the eastern part of Bintan coastal water in April and August 2014. In addition, this study was also conducted in the southern and northern parts in April 2016. CO2 fluxes dynamics were calculated from pCO2 (surface water and atmosphere), temperature, salinity, and wind speed. The result showed that almost all parts of the Bintan coastal water were carbon sources during first transition season. The largest CO2 emission was observed in the northern part (4.02 ± 1.92 mmol/m2/d) followed by the southern part (2.28 ± 0.80 mmol/m2/d) and then the eastern part (0.46 ± 0.28 mmol/m2/d). The eastern part temporally turned into CO2 sink in the southwest monsoon season (-0.27 ± 0.10 mmol/m2/d). Temperature was the main factor causing spatial and temporal variability of air-sea CO2 fluxes in the Bintan coastal water. Spatially, the presence of seagrass and coral reef ecosystems causes the partial pressure of surface water CO2 in the eastern part of waters of Bintan is much lower compared to the waters of north and south Bintan, thus emitting less CO2 to the atmosphere

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