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2012 Tropical Cyclone Murjan Path
Resource ID
59c80f3a-bbea-11ec-9cc1-0242ac170007
Title
2012 Tropical Cyclone Murjan Path
Date
April 14, 2022, 11:59 a.m., Publication
Abstract
This layer shows the movement path of 2012 TC Murjan. The cyclonic storm, Murjan formed over the south Arabian Sea in association with an active inter tropical convergence zone during last week of October 2012. It was the first cyclone over the north Indian Ocean during this year. Moving west southwestwards, it crossed Somalia's coast between 1700 and 1800 UTC of 25th October near lat. 9.80N and 50.80E. Though the Ocean Heat Content was less over the southwest Arabian Sea (50-80 KJ/cm2) and further less near Somalia's coast (less than 50 KJ/cm2) as well as SST (26-280C), the system could maintain its intensity of cyclonic storm till landfall, basically due to low to moderate vertical wind shear.  
Edition
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Responsible
IGAD_DRM
Point of Contact
DRM Team
disaster-risk-management@igad.int
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
asNeeded
Type
vector
Restrictions
None
License
Not Specified
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
Start
Oct. 23, 2012, midnight
End
Oct. 26, 2012, midnight
Supplemental Information
After the landfall, due to land interaction, it weakened into a deep depression over coastal Somalia at 1800 UTC of 25th October. It further weakened into a depression over Somalia in the morning of 26th October while moving west-southwest wards.  
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: 47.7
  • x1: 53.7
  • y0: 9.2
  • y1: 10.2
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
Disaster Risks
Regions
Africa , Somalia