Anindya Wirasatriya

Waves Induce Sediment Transport at Coastal Region of Timbulsloko Demak

Waves have variation of length and period. This influenced by seasonal variation. Impacts of seasonal variation related to wave is playing important roles in sediment transport mechanism and coastal changes. This condition not only treats coastal area but also decreases economic capacity of community. This research aim to determine different seasonal based on Indonesia Northwest-Northeast monsoon and Southeast-Southwest monsoon and theirs relation to sediment transport. Area of study is suffered by 938.73 H of abrasion. Conducted by CERC methods, transforming BMKG Ahmad Yani wind database (2005-2015) into wave’s data of seasonal variation and using field measurement recorded by ADCP. Definitely, maximum speed of wind is reached at 23 knots from December to February, wind direction predominantly from North West direction. Range of significant Wave Height (Hs) all season is 24.66-30.32 cm and Significant Wave period (Ts) count at 3.64-3.78 sec. Net of sediment volume annual 72,353.40 m3 year -1 and sediment movement pattern is forwarding from west to east direction. Correlation between breaking waves and sediment transport is linier.

Atmospheric structure favoring high sea surface temperatures in the western equatorial Pacific

We investigated the atmospheric processes over high sea surface temperature called Hot Event (HE) in the western equatorial Pacific from climatological analysis and a case study of the HE which began on 28 May 2003 (hereafter : HE030528). Climatological analysis shows that during the development stage of HE, solar radiation inside the HE area is higher than its climatology and wind speed is lower than the decay stage. During the decay stage, strong westerly wind often occur inside HE area. The case study of HE030528 shows that the suppressed convection above high SST area resulted from the deep convection from the northern and southern areas outside HE. The suppressed convection created a band-shaped structure of low cloud cover along HE area increasing solar radiation during the development stage. Thus, the theory of ‘remote convection’ was supported for the HE030528 formation mechanisms. The large sea level pressure gradient magnitude between the southern side of the terrain gap and the northern coast of the Solomon Islands, through which strong wind blew, indicated the role of land topography for the increase of wind speed during the decay of HE030528. Moreover, surface wind had an important role to influence the variability of solar radiation during the occurrence of HE030528 by controlling the water vapor supply in the upper troposphere through surface evaporation and surface convergence variation. Thus, surface wind was the key factor for HE030528 occurrence. The representativeness of HE030528 and the possible relation between HE and Madden Julian Oscillation are also discussed.

The Influence of Madden Julian Oscillation on the Formation of the Hot Event in the Western Equatorial Pacific

Hot event (HE) is the high SST phenomena higher than about 30C, occur in an area of more than 2×106 km2 and last for a period more than 6 days. HE develops only under the condition of high solar radiation and low wind speed. The indication of the relation between HE and MJO has been described in the previous study for one HE case. In the present study, the more case of MJO-HE relation is collected for the period of 2003-2011 and the possible mechanisms is examined. New Generation Sea Surface Temperature for Open Ocean (NGSSTO-Global-V2.0a) was used to identify HEs. Precipitation from TRMM were bandpass filtered with cut off period of 30-60 days for MJO identification. Observation data from TAO/TRITON buoy were used for investigating the possible mechanism of MJO-HE relation. Off 48 HE cases located along the equatorial band, the development of 29 HE cases was related to the suppressed phase of MJO whereas the high solar radiation occurred. High precipitation during the active phase of MJO may contribute to stabilize the upper mixed layer. The stable upper water column fasten the heating process during the suppressed phase of MJO, generating HE.