Assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular Malaysia

Malaysia is a maritime country that is located north of the Equator. Hence, it is prone to monsoon changes all the time. Monsoon in Malaysia has contributed to a lot of wind-related disaster. Currently, the most alarming wind-related disaster would be coastal erosion. Although it is a natural phenom...

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Main Authors: Noram Irwan, Ramli, Ramesh, Yanalagaran
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Language:English
Published: Taylor's University 2018
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description Malaysia is a maritime country that is located north of the Equator. Hence, it is prone to monsoon changes all the time. Monsoon in Malaysia has contributed to a lot of wind-related disaster. Currently, the most alarming wind-related disaster would be coastal erosion. Although it is a natural phenomenon mainly caused by wave motion, the source of wave power is highly dependent on wind characteristic. This wind induced disaster has caused extensive financial loss and destruction of environment. Hence, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between wind and coastal erosion in Peninsular Malaysia. The eroded locations were gathered by extensive review from prime media and mass media. They were analysed from the year 1984 to 2016 by using image layering technique. The changes in shoreline orientation were determined by observing the changes of the shoreline at a specific area. The wind directional distribution diagram was created using the data from the nearest meteorological station. Both of these parameters were compared and analysed. The result from the empirical investigation shows a good agreement between wind direction and shoreline orientation. Therefore, the shoreline orientation is highly influenced by the changes of wind characterization.
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spelling ump-231862019-02-12T04:26:08Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23186/ Assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular Malaysia Noram Irwan, Ramli Ramesh, Yanalagaran TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Malaysia is a maritime country that is located north of the Equator. Hence, it is prone to monsoon changes all the time. Monsoon in Malaysia has contributed to a lot of wind-related disaster. Currently, the most alarming wind-related disaster would be coastal erosion. Although it is a natural phenomenon mainly caused by wave motion, the source of wave power is highly dependent on wind characteristic. This wind induced disaster has caused extensive financial loss and destruction of environment. Hence, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between wind and coastal erosion in Peninsular Malaysia. The eroded locations were gathered by extensive review from prime media and mass media. They were analysed from the year 1984 to 2016 by using image layering technique. The changes in shoreline orientation were determined by observing the changes of the shoreline at a specific area. The wind directional distribution diagram was created using the data from the nearest meteorological station. Both of these parameters were compared and analysed. The result from the empirical investigation shows a good agreement between wind direction and shoreline orientation. Therefore, the shoreline orientation is highly influenced by the changes of wind characterization. Taylor's University 2018 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23186/1/ASSESSMENT%20OF%20COASTAL%20EROSION%20RELATED%20TO%20WIND%20CHARACTERISTICS%20IN%20PENINSULAR%20MALAYSIA.pdf Noram Irwan, Ramli and Ramesh, Yanalagaran (2018) Assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 13 (11). pp. 3677-3690. ISSN 1823-4690. (Published) http://jestec.taylors.edu.my/Vol%2013%20issue%2011%20November%202018/13_11_17.pdf
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Noram Irwan, Ramli
Ramesh, Yanalagaran
Assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular Malaysia
title Assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular Malaysia
title_full Assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular Malaysia
title_short Assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular Malaysia
title_sort assessment of coastal erosion related to wind characteristics in peninsular malaysia
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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