Table 9.
Variations in wind speed (m s−1) in the study area during 2002–2022.
| Year | Wind speed (m s−1) |
Description | Wave height (m) | Mangroves (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Mean | ||||
| July 2002 | 6.635 | 3.901 | 4.800 | Gentle breeze | 0.5–1 | 0.27 |
| July 2013 | 6.848 | 3.783 | 5.085 | Gentle breeze | 0.5–1 | 0.24 |
| November 2015 | 6.437 | 3.944 | 5.023 | Gentle breeze | 0.5–1 | 0.25 |
| January 2021 | 6.627 | 3.627 | 4. 80 | Gentle breeze | 0.5–1 | 0.27 |
| July 2022 | 8.275 | 4.211 | 5.774 | Moderate breeze | 1–2 | 0.28 |
| Average | 6.964 | 3.893 | 5.096 | Gentle breeze | 0.5–1 | 0.26 |
| Correlation | 0.32 | |||||
| ap-value | 0.59 | |||||
a
Statistical significance (p-value <0.05).