P. Vethamony

TL;DR: Characteristics of MPP suggest that they could be originated primarily from ocean-based sources, and the winds and surface currents during SW monsoon are the driving forces for the transportation and deposition of MPPs on the Goa beaches.

TL;DR: The sources, distribution, surface features, polymer composition and age of microplastic pellets (MPPs) in surface sediments along the Chennai coast during March 2015 and November 2015 were characterised using a Stereoscopic microscope and FTIR-ATR spectroscopy.

TL;DR: In this article, an analytical hierarchical process (AHP)-based approach to coastal vulnerability studies as an improvement to the existing methodologies for vulnerability assessment is presented. And the authors also encourage the inclusion of socioeconomic parameters along with the physical parameters to calculate the coastal vulnerability index using AHP-derived weights.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors collected wave data collected off Ratnagiri, Goa and Dwarka along the west coast of India during winter season (NE monsoon and early pre-monsoon) present distinct wave characteristics with periodicity ranging between 2 and 5 days associated with shamal events, such as an increase in wave height, decrease in swell period and a common propagation direction (northwest) for wind sea and swell.

TL;DR: In this article, the seasonal anticyclonic gyre at 16°N, 86°E characterized by warm (>24°C) and low-salinity ( 34.85 PSU) at their cores was identified.