The Sri Lanka Navy recently facilitated a scientific study, on north-easterly monsoonal climate changes and coastal hazards by a group of Sri Lankan Scientists attached to the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) and the world renowned Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA.
The study involved collection of sea-bed samplings using a vibro-core to trap samples of sediments at the bottom of the sea up to 100m water depth in the eastern seas and survey and drilling in lagoons/estuaries from South-East to North-East of the country.
Navy headquarters said that it was the first such scientific study conducted here with the involvement of the US institution.
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute supplied the equipment and partly-funded the study with GSMB, whilst the Navy provided SLNS Samudra (ex-US Coast Guard Cutter Courageous), P 464 (an Israeli built Fast Attack Craft)and several Inshore Patrol Craft (IPCs) to access areas of interests to collect samples.
The analysis of the data would reveal the effect of NE monsoons over the sedimentation, its wind patterns and changes with relation to the vegetation, the frequency of tsunami effects in the eastern coast broaden our understanding on climate in this relatively unexplored field of study, an SLN spokesman said.
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