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Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1229-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1229-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
Research article
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11 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 11 Oct 2024

Importance of tides and winds in influencing the nonstationary behaviour of coastal currents in offshore Singapore

Jun Yu Puah, Ivan D. Haigh, David Lallemant, Kyle Morgan, Dongju Peng, Masashi Watanabe, and Adam D. Switzer

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Coastal currents have wide implications for port activities, transport of sediments, and coral reef ecosystems; thus a deeper understanding of their characteristics is needed. We collected data on current velocities for a year using current meters at shallow waters in Singapore. The strength of the currents is primarily affected by tides and winds and generally increases during the monsoon seasons across various frequencies.

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