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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2015.21.5.599

Coastal Wave Hind-Casting Modelling Using ECMWF Wind Dataset  

Kang, Tae-Soon (Dept. of Coastal Management, GeoSystem Research Corp.)
Park, Jong-Jip (Dept. of Coastal Management, GeoSystem Research Corp.)
Eum, Ho-Sik (Dept. of Coastal Management, GeoSystem Research Corp.)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.21, no.5, 2015 , pp. 599-607 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to reproduce long-term wave fields in coastal waters of Korea based on wave hind-casting modelling and discuss its applications. To validate wind data(NCEP, ECMWF, JMA-MSM), comparison of wind data was done with wave buoy data. JMA-MSM predicted wind data with high accuracy. But due to relatively longer period of ECMWF wind data as compared to that of JMA-MSM, wind data set of ECMWF(2001~2014) was used to perform wave hind-casting modelling. Results from numerical modelling were verified with the observed data of wave buoys installed by Korea Meteorological Administration(KMA) and Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency(KHOA) on offshore waters. The results agree well with observations at buoy stations, especially during the event periods such as a typhoon. Consequently, the wave data reproduced by wave hind-casting modelling was used to obtain missing data in wave observation buoys. The obtained missing data indicated underestimation of maximum wave height during the event period at some points of buoys. Reasons for such underestimation may be due to larger time interval and resolution of the input wind data, water depth and grid size etc. The methodology used in present study can be used to analyze coastal erosion data in conjunction with a wave characteristic of the event period in coastal areas. Additionally, the method can be used in the coastal disaster vulnerability assessment to generate wave points of interest.
Keywords
Wave hind-casting modelling; ECMWF Wind dataset; Wave buoy; Wave verification;
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