Browsing Institute's contributions by Author "Babu, M.T."
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Mathematical model studies on the hydrodynamics and sediment transport off Hazira, Gujarat for Gujarat Maritime Board, Gandhinagar
Jayakumar, S.; Babu, M.T.; Sudheesh, K.; Patgaonkar, R.S.; Vethamony, P.; Naidu, V.S.; Sharma, R.V.; Zingde, M.D.; Ilangovan, D. (NIO, India, 2006) -
Measuring, modelling, and grading the health of waterbodies
Sawkar, K.; Vethamony, P.; Babu, M.T.; Dias, C.F.M.; Mesquita, A.; Fernandes, B.; Moses, S.; Padmavati, M.; Naik, S. (Tata Energy Research Institute, India, 2003)The tourism-dominated watershed area in North Goa, India has a contiguous stretch of marine water bodies - the open sea between Sinquerim and Chapora; the three estuaries of rivers Chapora, Mandovi, and Nerul; and a small ... -
Meteorological results of monsoon-88 Expedition (pre-monsoon period)
Sadhuram, Y.; Krishnamurthy, L.; Babu, M.T. (Kluwer, 1989)Mean atmospheric circulation, moisture budget and net heat exchange were studied during a pre-monsoon period (18th March to 3rd May, 1988), making use of the data collected on board "Akademik Korolev" in the central ... -
Model simulation of storm surge potential for Andaman islands
Kumar, V.S.; RameshBabu, V.; Babu, M.T.; Dhinakaran, G.; Rajamanickam, G.V. (Indian Geological Congress, 2010)The Andaman Islands face the surge disaster threat as their north-south orientation comes across the eastward path of severe cyclones moving from the Andaman sea known for the genesis of many severe cyclones that traverse ... -
Modelling Ballast Water Transport
Jayakumar, S.; Babu, M.T.; Vethamony, P. (National Institute of Oceanography, Goa., 2002)Ballast water discharges in the coastal environs have caused a great concern over the recent periods as they account for transporting marine organisms from one part of the world to the other. The movement of discharged ... -
Modelling of coastal current and thermal plume dispersion - A case study off Nagapattinam, east coast of India
Babu, M.T.; Vethamony, P.; Suryanarayana, A.; Gouveia, A.D. (Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Thrikkakara, Kochi, India, 1998)Thermal plume simulation has been carried out using a 2D model to understand the nature of spreading and rate of cooling of warm water discharge from a proposed outfall in the nearshore region off Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu, ... -
Modelling tide-driven currents and residual eddies in the Gulf of Kachchh and their seasonal variability: A marine environmental planning perspective
Babu, M.T.; Vethamony, P.; Desa, E. (Elsevier, 2005)Tide-driven currents in the Gulf of Kachchh (GoK) have been studied using MIKE21 hydrodynamic model. The results are validated with measured currents for three different periods characterized by different wind fields. ... -
Monitoring effects of simulated disturbance at INDEX site: Current status and future activities
Sharma, R.; Nath, B.N.; Valsangkar, A.B.; Khadge, N.H.; Parthiban, G.; Sankar, S.J.; Ansari, Z.A.; Ingole, B.S.; Raghukumar, C.; LokaBharathi, P.A.; Matondkar, S.G.P.; RameshBabu, V.; Murty, V.S.N.; Babu, M.T.; Sardar, A.A. (International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, 2003)During the Indian Deep-Sea Environment Experiment (INDEX), greater than 6000 cu.m of sediment was resuspended 5 m above seafloor. Data collected from deep-towed photography, sediment traps, sediment coring and CTD operations ... -
Numerical Modelling of Ballast Water Dispersion in Different Bioregions along the Coast of India
Babu, M.T.; Sudheesh, K.; Vethamony, P.; Anuvindha, S. (ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST), 2018)Aquatic organisms and pathogens may become major threats to the coastal and marine environment when introduced into a region beyond their natural distributions through ballast water (BW). Coastal currents induced by tides ... -
Oceanographic studies off Beypore Port, west coast of India to locate a dredge dumping site
DineshKumar, P.K.; Vethamony, P.; Babu, M.T.; Srinivas, K.; Thottam, T.J. (Springer, 2004)This study presents the salient results of the oceanographic investigations carried out along the west coast of India to locate a dumping site for the dredged material generated from the capital dredging of the proposed ... -
On the circulation in the Bay of Bengal during northern spring inter-monsoon (March-April 1987)
Babu, M.T.; Sarma, Y.V.B.; Murty, V.S.N.; Vethamony, P. (Elsevier, 2003)Temperature and salinity data collected from the Bay of Bengal 22 March-28 April 1987 (Northern spring inter-monsoon) identified the seasonal anticyclonic gyre (ACG) at 16 degrees N, 86 degrees E characterized by warm ... -
On the nature of meandering of the springtime western boundary current in the Bay of Bengal
Gangopadhyay, A.; BharatRaj, G.N.; Chaudhuri, A.H.; Babu, M.T.; Sengupta, D. (American Geophysical Union, 2013)We present evidence that the springtime western boundary current (WBC) in the Bay of Bengal is a continuous northward-flowing current from about 12 degrees N to 17 degrees N, which then separates from the coast at around ... -
Physical processes in the Gulf of Kachchh: A review
Vethamony, P.; Babu, M.T. (NISCAIR, CSIR, 2010)A brief review of various physical processes acting in the Gulf of Kachchh (GoK), which have prominent roles in Gulf dynamics, is presented in this article. The eddies present in the GoK confirm that they are permanent ... -
Remotely sensed chlorophyll: A putative trophic link for explaining variability in Indian oil sardine stocks
George, G.; Meenakumari, B.; Raman, M.; Kumar, S.; Vethamony, P.; Babu, M.T.; Verlecar, X. (Coastal Education & Research Foundation, 2012)The landing of Indian oil sardines, Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, 1847, along the southwest coast of India is highly variable. A few physical parameters and processes correlated with sardine landing could not establish ... -
Residence time of pollutants discharged in the Gulf of Kachchh, northwestern Arabian Sea
Patgaonkar, R.S.; Vethamony, P.; Lokesh, K.S.; Babu, M.T. (Elsevier, 2012)A 2D Hydrodynamic-Particle Analysis model was applied to the Gulf of Kachchh (GoK) to estimate the residence time of pollutants. The tidal currents in the Gulf have a strong E-W component, which prevents the material in ... -
Role of grounded ship 'MV River Princess' in triggering erosion: A case study from Candolim Sinquerim Coast, Goa.
ManiMurali, R.; Babu, M.T.; Sudhesh, K.; Mascarenhas, A.; Vethamony, P. (Centre for Earth Science Studies, 2010)Multi-temporal satellite imageries of 1997, 2001 and 2006, wave model results and field observations were used to evaluate effect of the grounded vessel MV River Princess. Erosion was triggered along the Candolim-Sinquerim ... -
Sea level trend and variability in the Singapore Strait
Tkalich, P.; Vethamony, P.; Luu, Q.-H.; Babu, M.T. (European Geosciences Union, 2013)Sea level in the Singapore Strait (SS) exhibits response to various scale phenomena, from local to global. Longest tide gauge records in SS are analysed to derive local sea level trend and annual, inter-annual and multi-decadal ... -
Seasonal occurrence of unique sediment plume in the Bay of Bengal
Sridhar, P.N.; Ali, M.M.; Vethamony, P.; Babu, M.T.; Ramana, I.V.; Jayakumar, S. (AGU, 2008)The movement of sediment plumes, detectable from ocean color sensors, depends primarily on coastal circulation. Hence, sediment plumes become tracers for studying circulation patterns. The Indian remote sensing satellite ... -
Seasonal sea level variability and anomalies in the Singapore Strait
Tkalich, P.; Vethamony, P.; Babu, M.T.; Pokratath, P. (IIT; Madras, 2009)Measured sea level data and extracted sea level anomalies (SLAs) for the Singapore Strait for the last 24 years have been analyzed. We have also analysed NCEP winds over the South China Sea for the same period in order to ... -
Simulation of coastal winds along the central west coast of India using the MM5 mesoscale model
Pushpadas, D.; Vethamony, P.; Sudheesh, K.; George, S.; Babu, M.T.; Nair, T.M.B. (Springer, 2010)A high-resolution mesoscale numerical model (MM5) has been used to study the coastal atmospheric circulation of the central west coast of India, and Goa in particular. The model is employed with three nested domains. The ...