Water profiling off Sarawak coastal areas

During June 2009, Prime Scientific Sailing Expedition (EPSP) was carried out on South China Sea (SCS) along Sarawak waters. The physical properties of seawater were obtained using 'Conductivity-Temperature-Depth' (CTD) profiler. The main purpose of this present study is to construct vertic...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manson, Ann Aletheia A
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10633/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10633/1/Water%20Profiling%20Off%20Sarawak%20Coastal%20Areas%20%2824pgs%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10633/8/Water%20Profiling%20Off%20Sarawak%20Coastal%20Areas%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
_version_ 1848836823729569792
author Manson, Ann Aletheia A
author_facet Manson, Ann Aletheia A
author_sort Manson, Ann Aletheia A
building UNIMAS Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description During June 2009, Prime Scientific Sailing Expedition (EPSP) was carried out on South China Sea (SCS) along Sarawak waters. The physical properties of seawater were obtained using 'Conductivity-Temperature-Depth' (CTD) profiler. The main purpose of this present study is to construct vertical structures of temperature and salinity of Sarawak coastal waters, to construct temperature-salinity (T -S) diagram and identify the water masses, as well as to observe the features of Sarawak coastal waters. Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity and T-S diagrams were plotted and analyzed. Definitions of identified water masses in the Sarawak coastal were classified with respect to classification ofprevious studies done on SCS and redefined. Five water masses found exist in Sarawak water namely Continental Shelf Water (CSW), Open Sea Water (OSW), Maximum Salinity Water (MSW), Permanent Thermocline Water (PTW) and Water Mass 1 (WMI), derived from the mix of OSW and MSW. The definition of water mass is essential to understand better geographical positions of water mass to aid in the completion ofwater mass definitions done on SCS waters.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T06:29:53Z
format Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
id unimas-10633
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
institution_category Local University
language English
English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T06:29:53Z
publishDate 2015
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling unimas-106332023-08-18T08:32:06Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10633/ Water profiling off Sarawak coastal areas Manson, Ann Aletheia A GE Environmental Sciences During June 2009, Prime Scientific Sailing Expedition (EPSP) was carried out on South China Sea (SCS) along Sarawak waters. The physical properties of seawater were obtained using 'Conductivity-Temperature-Depth' (CTD) profiler. The main purpose of this present study is to construct vertical structures of temperature and salinity of Sarawak coastal waters, to construct temperature-salinity (T -S) diagram and identify the water masses, as well as to observe the features of Sarawak coastal waters. Vertical profiles of temperature, salinity and T-S diagrams were plotted and analyzed. Definitions of identified water masses in the Sarawak coastal were classified with respect to classification ofprevious studies done on SCS and redefined. Five water masses found exist in Sarawak water namely Continental Shelf Water (CSW), Open Sea Water (OSW), Maximum Salinity Water (MSW), Permanent Thermocline Water (PTW) and Water Mass 1 (WMI), derived from the mix of OSW and MSW. The definition of water mass is essential to understand better geographical positions of water mass to aid in the completion ofwater mass definitions done on SCS waters. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2015 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10633/1/Water%20Profiling%20Off%20Sarawak%20Coastal%20Areas%20%2824pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10633/8/Water%20Profiling%20Off%20Sarawak%20Coastal%20Areas%20%28fulltext%29.pdf Manson, Ann Aletheia A (2015) Water profiling off Sarawak coastal areas. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
Manson, Ann Aletheia A
Water profiling off Sarawak coastal areas
title Water profiling off Sarawak coastal areas
title_full Water profiling off Sarawak coastal areas
title_fullStr Water profiling off Sarawak coastal areas
title_full_unstemmed Water profiling off Sarawak coastal areas
title_short Water profiling off Sarawak coastal areas
title_sort water profiling off sarawak coastal areas
topic GE Environmental Sciences
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10633/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10633/1/Water%20Profiling%20Off%20Sarawak%20Coastal%20Areas%20%2824pgs%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10633/8/Water%20Profiling%20Off%20Sarawak%20Coastal%20Areas%20%28fulltext%29.pdf