Trends of significant wave height and sea level in the southern water of the Special Region of Yogyakarta

• Main Authors: Martono, Susanti Indah, Siswanto Bambang, Nurlatifah Amalia, Suhermat Mamat, Maryadi Edy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2020-01-01
• Series: E3S Web of Conferences
• Subjects: trends; significant wave height; sea level; climate change; coastal zone
• Online Access: https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2020/60/e3sconf_icst2020_02025.pdf

Coastal zone is very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The increase of sea wave and sea level rise threaten coastal zone. The purpose of this study is to determine trends of significant wave height and sea level in the southern waters of the special region of Yogyakarta. The data used consists of daily significant wave height from 2010-2018, weekly absolute dynamics topography from 2005-2018 and daily surface wind from 2010-2018. Trends of significant wave height and sea level were analyzed by using linear regression. The results showed that significant wave height during the east season until the second transition season was higher than the west season and the first transition season. Vice versa, sea level during the east season until the second transition season was lower than the west season and the first transition season. Trends of significant wave height has increased of 0.63 cm/year, meanwhile sea level rise reached 0.82 cm/years.