Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences
Vol. 53 No. 1 (2021)

Extreme Significant Wave Height Map of Indonesia Based on SEAFINE and ERA5 Database

Andojo Wurjanto (Ocean Engineering Program, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132)
Julfikhsan Ahmad Mukhti (Ocean Engineering Program, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132)
Hijir Della Wirasti (Ocean Engineering Program, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jan 2021

Abstract

Significant wave height, , is one of the most utilized ocean parameters. Extreme  with 1-yearly and 100-yearly return periods are required for the design of most offshore structures. A previous study by Wurjanto, et al. (2020) attempted to utilize the SEAFINE database to develop extreme  maps of Indonesian seas. However, SEAFINE does not cover the eastern Indonesian seas. This study analyzed the extreme values from ERA5 data for Indonesian seas and utilized the data to complete the extreme  map previously developed by Wurjanto, et al. (2020). The ERA5  data on the eastern Indonesian seas as well as the central and western seas were extracted for validation purposes. The ERA5 extreme value was less than half the  value compared to the SEAFINE-based results in most intersecting areas. For the development of the map, we took the SEAFINE-based map from Wurjanto et al., which covers the western and middle Indonesian seas, and filled the eastern part with extreme ERA5  data. It was found that a wave height multiplying factor of 2.0 was the most suitable for ERA5 in the developed map to make a seamless wave height transition from SEAFINE to ERA5 data.

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Journal Info

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JETS

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Subject

Engineering

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Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences welcomes full research articles in the area of Engineering Sciences from the following subject areas: Aerospace Engineering, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Environmental ...