Ocean surface circulation in strait of malacca using satellite altimeter and low cost GPS-tracked drifting buoys

• Published in: 2016 7th IEEE Control and System Graduate Research Colloquium, ICSGRC 2016 - Proceeding
• Main Author: Mansor K.N.A.A.K.; Pa'Suya M.F.; Abbas M.A.; Ali T.A.T.; Aziz M.A.C.; Din A.H.M.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85011961046&doi=10.1109%2fICSGRC.2016.7813323&partnerID=40&md5=7fafdfd9452494945354e497f2abd8b2
• DOI: 10.1109/ICSGRC.2016.7813323

The sea surface circulation pattern over the Strait of Malacca during Northeast Monsoon (NE) and Southwest Monsoon (SW) were derived using multi-year averaged sea level anomaly from altimetric data. This altimetric data has been derived using multi-mission satellite altimeter TOPEX, ERS-1, ERS-2, JASON-1, ENVISAT, JASON-2, CryoSAT-2 and SARAL for the period of twenty-three years (1993 to 2015). In general, the surface current pattern during Northeast Monsoon and Southwest Monsoon are rather complex than inter-monsoon. Number of eddies were found in seasonal surface circulation of the studied region. During the first inter-monsoon (April), there was an anti-cyclonic eddy formed near the northern part of Sumatra centered at (∼ 6N, 97.5 E). Meanwhile, a cyclonic eddy formed at the central region of Malacca Strait centered at (∼ 5.5N, 99.5 E) during SW Monsoon and the eddy still existed during second inter-monsoon (October) but weaker than previous monsoon. The pattern of the surface current during April was almost consistent with the trajectories of surface drifter developed in this study. © 2016 IEEE.