The Surface Current of Andaman Sea Around Phuket Island and Rawe Island

Authors

  • Monton Anongponyoskun Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
  • SEAWATCH The National Research Council of Thailand, Phahon Yothin Rd., Bangkok 10900, Thailand

Keywords:

surface current, Andaman Sea, buoy

Abstract

The surface current of Andaman Sea around Phuket Island and Rawe Island were effected by tide, wind, topography site and North equatorial current. The period of tide was about 12 hours. During April to July,1997, the average surface current of Phuket buoy and Rawe buoy were 19 and 20 cm/sec, respectively. The averaged surface current in North-South component and East-West component of Phuket and Rawe buoy were 0.2 cm/sec, -0.1 cm/sec, 2.0 cm/sec and 0.2 cm/sec, respectively. During this time, the direction of surface current of Phuket and Rawe buoy were on North flow about 340° and 5° from North. Phase of velocity in East-West component was faster than phase of tide about 80°-120° or 5-8 hours. Phase of velocity in North-South component was faster than phase of tide about 30°-45° or 2-3 hours.

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Published

1999-09-30

How to Cite

Anongponyoskun, Monton, and SEAWATCH. 1999. “The Surface Current of Andaman Sea Around Phuket Island and Rawe Island”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 33 (3). Bangkok, Thailand:407-14. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/240464.

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 3 (1999): July-September

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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