THE SYNOPTIC DATA FOR ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE IN SIDOARJO REGENCY EAST JAVA

As the biggest archipelago country in the world, many places in Indonesia are
potential for maritime economy industries but also suffered from negative impact of
the global sea level rise. It was identified as one most contributing factors which is
threatening Indonesia coastal water by coastal flood, including the research area
where is in Sidoarjo Regency. To adopt the climate change, it is compulsory to have
knowledge and technology along with data, unfortunately insufficient raw data in
research area have identified as a major problem during years. The purpose of this
research is to utilize synoptic data for coastal adaptation of climate changing design
and construction. The data were collected from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for 16 years that will be processed into wind
rose and fetch length. The outcomes are going to be obtained from the analysis of
graphical and analytical calculations. The results prove that the using of synoptic
data analysis give an accurate forecasting of maximum sea wave height at the
research area in the range of 0.30 – 0.88 m, then it can be used to determine
appropriate adaptation to the sea level rise due to global climate changing.