Impacts of tropical cyclone inflow angle on ocean surface waves

Wei Zhao; Xin Hong

doi:10.1007/s00343-011-0194-4

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Impacts of tropical cyclone inflow angle on ocean surface waves

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- Impacts of tropical cyclone inflow angle on ocean surface waves
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 29, Issue 2, Pages: 460-469(2011)
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  Physical Oceanography Laboratory Ocean University of China
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-011-0194-4
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- Online First：02 March 2011，
  
  Published：2011
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Zhao, W., Hong, X. Impacts of tropical cyclone inflow angle on ocean surface waves., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 29, 460–469 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-011-0194-4
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Zhao, W., Hong, X. Impacts of tropical cyclone inflow angle on ocean surface waves., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 29, 460–469 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-011-0194-4 DOI：

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The inflow angle of tropical cyclones (TC) is generally neglected in numerical studies of ocean surface waves induced by TC. In this study

the impacts of TC inflow angle on ocean surface waves were investigated using a high-resolution wave model. Six numerical experiments were conducted to examine

in detail

the effects of inflow angle on mean wave parameters and the spectrum of wave directions. A comparison of the waves simulated in these experiments shows that inflow angle significantly modifies TC-induced ocean surface waves. As the inflow angle increases

the asymmetric axis of the significant wave height (SWH) field shifts 30° clockwise

and the maximum SWH moves from the front-right to the rear-right quadrant. Inflow angle also affects other mean wave parameters

especially in the rear-left quadrant

such as the mean wave direction

the mean wavelength

and the peak direction. Inflow angle is a key factor in wave models for the reproduction of double-peak or multi-peak patterns in the spectrum of wave directions. Sensitivity experiments also show that the simulation with a 40° inflow angle is the closest to that of the NOAA statistical SLOSH inflow angle. This suggests that 40° can be used as the inflow angle in future TC-induced ocean surface wave simulations when SLOSH or observed inflow angles are not available.

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