학술논문

Simulation of hurricane waves with parametric wind fields
Document Type
Conference
Source
MTS/IEEE Oceans 2001. An Ocean Odyssey. Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37295) Oceans 2001 OCEANS, 2001. MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition. 2:1323-1330 vol.2 2001
Subject
Geoscience
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Robotics and Control Systems
Aerospace
Hurricanes
Spatial resolution
Parametric statistics
Wind energy
Storms
Oceans
Atmospheric modeling
Wind forecasting
Predictive models
Wind speed
Language
Abstract
This paper compares three commonly used parametric models of hurricane winds and evaluates their application in the wave model WAM. The parametric models provide wind fields based on best tracks of hurricanes and WAM simulates wave growth based on the wind energy input. The model package is applied to hindcast the wind and wave conditions of Hurricane Iniki, which directly hit the Hawaiian Island of Kauai in 1992. The comparisons show that the wind and wave models can accurately predict the wind speed and wave height near the center of the storm.