Evidence of Upwelling along Peninsular Malaysia during Southwest Monsoon
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Date
2015-07
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Open Journal of Marine Science
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.
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South China Sea, Upwelling, Peninsular Malaysia, Southwest Monsoon