TITLE:
Evidence of Upwelling along Peninsular Malaysia during Southwest Monsoon
AUTHORS:
Mohd Fadzil Akhir, Farshid Daryabor, Mohd Lokman Husain, Fredolin Tangang, Fangli Qiao
KEYWORDS:
South China Sea, Upwelling, Peninsular Malaysia, Southwest Monsoon, Numerical Model
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Marine Science,
Vol.5 No.3,
July
7,
2015
ABSTRACT: Upwelling off the east
coast of Peninsular Malaysia (PM) was detected from recent cruise data
collected during the southwest monsoon. Thermocline lifting was observed at
104?E from a number of parallel transects. To confirm the presence of
upwelling, satellite remote sensing data were used, and numerical model
experiments were conducted. A cooler sea-surface temperature along the coast
was spotted from both in-situ and satellite data while upward
movement from the model agreed with field data. The southwesterly wind that
blows along PM from June to September is believed to be the important mechanism
that contributed to this upwelling through an Ekman dynamics process.