About the Authors

Farshid Daryabor

fdaryabor@um.edu.my; farshiddaryabor@gmail.com

Affiliations National Antarctic Research Center, Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

See Hai Ooi

Affiliation National Antarctic Research Center, Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Azizan Abu Samah

Affiliations National Antarctic Research Center, Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Institute of Postgraduate Studies, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abolghasem Akbari

Affiliation Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources, University Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FD SHO. Performed the experiments: FD. Analyzed the data: FD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FD SHO AAS AA. Wrote the paper: FD SHO. Analysis of the observational and satellite images: FD AA. Revised final draft: AAS.