Abstract:
Pulau Tioman is located in the South China Sea and influenced by monsoon seasons:
northeast monsoon and the southwest monsoon. The seasonal wind monsoons have a
major impact on the wave height and current circulation in the South China Sea
including the Pulau Tioman. This project investigates the wave characteristic and
current circulation around the Pulau Tioman water. The data from MASNUM model
were used to simulate wave height and current circulation around the Pulau Tioman
water for the period from November 2014 to October 2015. The model was validated
against limited available in-situ data from Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP).
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Reanalysis wind
data was used to identify the wind pattern over the water near Pulau Tioman. The
simulation results were used to determine the changes of seasonal winds (northeast
monsoon and southwest monsoon) on wave characteristics and current circulation
during transition period around the Pulau Tioman. April and October represented as
the transition period in this project.
