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http://dx.doi.org/10.9765/KSCOE.2015.27.3.168

Analysis of the Observation Data for Winter-Season High Waves Occurred in the West Sea of Korea  

Oh, Sang-Ho (Coastal & Environmental Engineering Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)
Jeong, Weon-Mu (Coastal & Environmental Engineering Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)
Kim, Sang-Ik (Coastal Disaster Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)
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Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers / v.27, no.3, 2015 , pp. 168-174 More about this Journal
Abstract
Characteristics of high waves occurred in winter season on the west coast of Korea were investigated by analyzing the wave data observed at five observation locations. Records of four different high waves were subjected to the analysis together with the corresponding meteorological data during those time periods. The significant wave height reached its maximum of 6.42 m on December 4th, 2005. It was clarified that the high waves occurred due to strong wind fields that were formed over the west sea of Korea when the extra-tropical cyclone was excessively developed. Characteristics of the high waves generated in the west sea seemed to be predominantly wind sea as the temporal variation of the wave height at the coast were closely related to those of the wind speed measured at neighboring weather stations.
Keywords
west sea; high waves; extra-tropical low pressure; wave observation; winter storm;
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