Author(s): Pavel Tkalich; Quang-Hung Luu; Choo Hengkek; Jiqin Wang; Bijoy Thompson
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Keywords: Storm surge; Monsoon; The Singapore Strait; Sunda Shelf; Forecasting system
Abstract: Being a small island country, Singapore has a high concentration of population and facilities along its coastal line, potentially vulnerable to storm surges. Strong sea level surges during northeast monsoon (November–February), if coincide with spring tide, usually lead to coastal floods in the Singapore Strait (SS). An operational system Stormy has been developed to provide storm surge forecast for the Sunda Shelf and SS in particular for a leading time of 6-7 days. Since February 2013 Stormy has been operational and successfully captured the recent storm surge occurred during 14-23February 2014, or well predicted the strongest event happened during 19-30 December 2013. A web-based portal with an intuitive visual interface was developed for end-users to conveniently explore the forecast products.
Year: 2014