Numerical study of sea waves created by tropical cyclone Jelawat

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Key Laboratory of Research on Marine Hazards Forecasting, National Marine Environment Forecast Center, State Oceanic Administration, Beijing 100081, China
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Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, Beijing 100038, China

基金项目: The Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean under contract Nos 200905001 and 201005019.

1.
Key Laboratory of Research on Marine Hazards Forecasting, National Marine Environment Forecast Center, State Oceanic Administration, Beijing 100081, China
2.
Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21, Beijing 100038, China

摘要: A numerical study of sea waves generated by tropical cyclone Jelawat is carried out using the cycle 4 version of the WAM. The model domain currently covers the latitudes 20°-45°N and longitudes 115°-135°E, and the model spatial resolution reaches 0.25°×0.25°. Comparison of the model results with buoy observations reveals that the model can fairly reproduce the temporal variation of observed waves. Two-dimensional comparison is also made against the satellite altimeter significant wave heights derived from TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-2 data, showing high quality of the model performance.
- wavemodel /
- tropicalcycloneJelawat /
- simulation /
- altimeterwaveheight
Abstract: A numerical study of sea waves generated by tropical cyclone Jelawat is carried out using the cycle 4 version of the WAM. The model domain currently covers the latitudes 20°-45°N and longitudes 115°-135°E, and the model spatial resolution reaches 0.25°×0.25°. Comparison of the model results with buoy observations reveals that the model can fairly reproduce the temporal variation of observed waves. Two-dimensional comparison is also made against the satellite altimeter significant wave heights derived from TOPEX/POSEIDON and ERS-2 data, showing high quality of the model performance.
- wave model /
- tropical cyclone Jelawat /
- simulation /
- altimeter wave height

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