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| Title: | MODELING OF TYPHOON WIND-WAVES AROUND THE YANGTZE ESTUARY, CHINA | |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812701916_0075 | |
| Source: | COASTAL ENGINEERING 2004 (pp 946-958) | |
| Author(s): | KELIN HU
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine & Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, P.R. China PINGXING DING State Key Laboratory of Estuarine & Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, P.R. China QIN CHEN Department of Civil Engineering, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA |
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| Abstract: | The third-generation wave model SWAN on the basis of the wave action balance equation is applied to the Yangtze Estuary, China, for the prediction of wind waves generated by typhoons. Curvilinear grids are utilized to resolve the complicated topography and coastal geometry in the Yangtze Estuary. In order to prove that the SWAN wave model using curvilinear grids is more suitable for complex bathymetry than the version with conventional rectangular grids, experimental data of wave propagation over a submerged shoal collected at the University of Delaware are used to test the performance of the wave model. Then, taking a sequence of two typhoons, i.e. Typhoons Rusa and Sinlaku, as an example, typhoon wind-waves around the Yangtze Estuary are simulated, and the model results are compared with the field data. | |
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