Seasonal occurrence of unique sediment plume in the Bay of Bengal (2008)
Sridhar, P.N., Ali, M.M., Vethamony, P., Babu, M.T., Ramana, I.V., Jayakumar, S.
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...
Mascarenhas, A., Jayakumar, S.
An endeavor to feel the pulse of a coast devastated by a powerful oceanographic event is made. Results of field investigations along TamilNadu, India seaside revealed that the tsunami of December...
Post-tsunami changes in the littoral environment along the southeast coast of India (2008)
Jayakumar, S., Naik, K.A., Ramanamurthy, M.V., Ilangovan, D., Gowthaman, R., Jena, B.K.
The 26th December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of the Indian subcontinent. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, coastal stretches of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala were the...
Morphological changes at Vellar estuary, India - Impact of the December 2004 tsunami (2008)
Pari, Y., Murthy, M.V.R., Jayakumar, S., Subramanian, B.R., Ramachandran, S.
Coastal subsystems formed by interaction of various processes, impacted by natural hazards like tsunami and storms, pose irreversible morphological changes. Vellar estuary, located on the southeast...
Observational evidence for remote forcing of the west India coastal current (2008)
Shetye, S.R., Suresh, I., Shankar, D., Sundar, D., Jayakumar, S., Mehra, P., ...
Circulation in the north Indian Ocean is influenced by both local and remote wind forcing. So far, however, determining the contribution of these two forcing mechanisms at a location has been...
Stability of a sand spit due to dredging in an adjacent creek (2007)
Patgaonkar, R.S., Ilangovan, D., Vethamony, P., Babu, M.T., Jayakumar, S., Rajagopal, M.D.
The Jatadharmohan creek lies between Mahanadi and Devi Rivers along the Orissa coast and it is separated from the sea by an elongated sand spit. It was proposed to mine a volume of 15 x 10 sup(6) m³...
Trajectory of an oil spill off Goa, eastern Arabian Sea: Field observations and simulations (2007)
Vethamony, P., Sudheesh, K., Babu, M.T., Jayakumar, S., ManiMurali, R., Saran, A.K., ...
An oil spill occurred off Goa, west coast of India, on 23 March 2005 due to collision of 2 vessels. In general, fair weather with weak winds prevails along the west coast of India during March. In...
Vethamony, P., Babu, M.T., Ramanamurty, M.V., Saran, A.K., Joseph, A., Sudheesh, K., ...
The Gulf of Kachchh (GoK) is situated in the northeastern Arabian Sea. The presence of several industries along its coastal belt makes GoK a highly sensitive coastal ecosystem. In the present study,...
Chauhan, O.S., Menezes, A.A.A., Jayakumar, S., Malik, M.A., Pradhan, Y., Rajawat, A.S., ...
A series of tide-synchronous satellite images, obtained from the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) onboard the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-P4), in situ measurements and hydrodynamic model...
Mascarenhas, A., Jayakumar, S.
To assess the damage caused by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004, post-tsunami field surveys were undertaken during January and April, 2005 from Chennai to Velankanni along the Tamil Nadu...
Rajagopal, M.D., Vethamony, P., Ilangovan, D., Jayakumar, S., Sudheesh, K., Murty, K.S.R.
A quantity of about 17 + 10 sup(6) m sup(3) sand had been dredged from the Jatadharmohan creek (JMC) 15 km south of Paradip Port (east coast of India) in 2000, and a quantity of 14 + 10 sup(6) m...
Threatened coastal monuments at Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu (2007)
Tranquebar (Tamil Nadu, India), also known as Tarangampadi, is situated about 15 kms south of Poompuhar and has the habitation of Chola period till date. It had become a principal port during Dutch...
Anomalous inland influx of the River Indus, Gulf of Kachchh, India (2006)
Chauhan, O.S., Jayakumar, S., Menezes, A.A.S., Rajawat, A.S., Nayak, S.R.
The Gulf of Kachchh is a funnel shaped, macrotidal water body located in the arid region of northwestern India with ~ 50 cm annual rainfall and insignificant fluvial input. The Gulf waters, however,...
Change detection studies in coastal zone features of Goa, India by remote sensing (2006)
ManiMurali, R., Vethamony, P., Saran, A.K., Jayakumar, S.
Digital remote sensing data of SPOT-1 (Nov. 1990), IRS-1C (Jan. 2001) and IRS-1D (Jan. 2003) have been subject to maximum likelihood classifier (MLC) to carry out change detection studies in the...
Wave modelling for the North Indian Ocean using MSMR analysed winds (2006)
Vethamony, P., Sudheesh, K., Rupali, S.P., Babu, M.T., Jayakumar, S., Saran, A.K., ...
NCMRWF (National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast) winds assimilated with MSMR (Multi-channel Scanning Microwave Radiometer) winds are used as input to MIKE21 Offshore Spectral Wave model...
Shoreline changes along the Poompuhar Tranquebar region (2006)
Poompuhar, a flourishing port in the beginning of the Christian era played a major role in maritime activities and cultural expansion in the history of India. The marine archaeological explorations...
Bhattacharya, G.C., Ilangovan, D., Jayakumar, S., ManiMurali, R., Kocherla, M., Alagarsamy, R., ...
Many coastal regions of India were affected by the tsunami caused by a magnitude 9 earthquake off Sumatra on 26th December 2004. This report presents the observations of post-tsunami reconnaissance...
Jayakumar, S., Ilangovan, D., Naik, K.A ., Gowthaman, R., Tirodkar, G., Naik, G.N., ...
The recent Indian Ocean Tsunami had a devastating effect on the Indian coastline. Apart from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Tamil Nadu coast was the most affected. Post-Tsunami survey was...
Ilangovan, D., Jayakumar, S., Gowthaman, R., Tirodkar, G., Ganesan, P., Naik, G.N., ...
On 26 December 2004 the coastal areas of different countries around the Indian Ocean including India were hit by a Tsunami that caused extensive fatalitites and damage to coastal property. On the...
Mandal, S., SanilKumar, V., Jayakumar, S.
The two volumes contain 103 scientific papers in the field of harbour and ocean engineering, presented at the Third Indian National Conference on Harbour and Ocean Engineering (INCHOE - 2004), held...
Coastal ecosystem and environmental aspects of placer mining (2004)
Nath, B.N., Ingole, B.S., Jayakumar, S., Sharma, R.
The world demand for mineral raw material is expected to increase more than threefold with the increase in population and the industrilization. Though, India's mineral resources generally appear to...
Jayakumar, S., VijayKumar, V., Kundaikar, T.J., Venugopal, C., Sawant, S.S.
The aim of the research was to develop flyash concrete and assess various factors controlling its durability in the marine environment. Hence the research was planned with the following objectives in...
Submergence of Poompuhar - Study based on underwater explorations and coastal processes (2004)
Jayakumar, S., Gaur, A.S., Chandramohan, P., Jena, B.K.
Poompuhar, a flourishing port in the beginning of Christian era played a major role in maritime activities and cultural expansion in the history of India. Sangam literature vividly describe about its...
Beach dynamics of an open coast on the west coast of India (2004)
Jayakumar, S., Raju, N.S.N., Gowthaman, R.
In order to study the daily beach dynamics at an open beach in Goa, field investigations were carried out on the beach profiles, breaking wave parameters and long-shore currents for one month each...
Coastal processes along north Kakinada Coast, Andhra Pradesh based on short-term study (2004)
Raju, N.S.N., AshokKumar, K., Gowthaman, R., SanilKumar, V., Jayakumar, S.
Kakinada is situated in the central part of the Andhra Pradesh State on the east coast of India. To cater to recreational activities of the people in this coastal town, the Andhra Pradesh State...
Tidal currents as feeders of the river Indus flux into the macrotidal Gulf of Kachchh, India (2004)
Chauhan, O.S., Jayakumar, S., Menezes, A.A.A., Suneethi, J., Shradha, N., Rajawat, A.S., ...
Tide synchronous abundance of total suspended matter (TSM), currents and hydrodynamic modeling during September of 1999 have been evaluated to decipher source to sink pathways in the macrotidal Gulf...
Sudheesh, K., Vethamony, P., Babu, M.T., Jayakumar, S.
A second-generation offshore spectral wave model has been applied to simulate wind waves over the north Indian Ocean during May-August 2000 using 6 hourly NCEP re-analysis wind data. The significant...
Modeling of sediment transport along Mangalore coast using mike 21 (2003)
Babu, K.S., Dwarakish, G.S., Jayakumar, S.
The objective of the present study is to understand the sediment transport along Mangalore Coast and to quantify the sediment transport rates. The data used in the present study includes Wave, Wind,...
Modelling Ballast Water Transport (2002)
Jayakumar, S., Babu, M.T., Vethamony, P.
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...