South China Sea Wave Characteristics under Combined
Wind Forcing of Typhoon and Winter Monsoon
Volume 1 - Issue 4
Peng QI1,2*
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- 1Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- 2Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
*Corresponding author:
Peng QI, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and
Waves, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
Received: April 28, 2018; Published: May 07, 2018
DOI: 10.32474/MAOPS.2018.01.000116
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Abstract
Since monsoon winds prevail in South China Sea (SCS), SCS is
unique for investigating wave characteristics during a typhoon’s
passage in conjunction with steady monsoon wind forcing. This
study investigated SCS wave characteristics using Wave Watch III,
the third-generation wave model with winter typhoon forcing. The
model was forced by a high resolution wind field from NASA’s Cross
Calibrated Multi Platform (CCMP) ocean surface winds combined
with the tropical cyclone wind model. The Wave Watch III model
was evaluated using Jason-2 altimetry observations during the
period of Typhoon Durian (2006).
Abbrevations: SCS: South China Sea; CCMP: Cross Calibrated Multi Platform
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