Wind wave characteristics and engineering environment of the South China Sea

doi:10.1007/s11802-014-2331-0

	Wind wave characteristics and engineering environment of the South China Sea
	Wang Zhifeng 1; Zhou Liangming 2; Dong Sheng 1; Wu Lunyu 3; Li Zhanbin 4; Mou Lin 4; Wang Aifang 5
刊名	JOURNAL OF OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA
	2014-12
卷号	13 期号:6 页码:893-900
关键词	surface waves statistical characteristics joint distributions extreme parameters
ISSN号	1672-5182
DOI	10.1007/s11802-014-2331-0
英文摘要	Wave simulation was conducted for the period 1976 to 2005 in the South China Sea (SCS) using the wave model, WAVEWATCH-III. Wave characteristics and engineering environment were studied in the region. The wind input data are from the objective reanalysis wind datasets, which assimilate meteorological data from several sources. Comparisons of significant wave heights between simulation and TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter and buoy data show a good agreement in general. By statistical analysis, the wave characteristics, such as significant wave heights, dominant wave directions, and their seasonal variations, were discussed. The largest significant wave heights are found in winter and the smallest in spring. The annual mean dominant wave direction is northeast (NE) along the southwest (SW)-NE axis, east northeast in the northwest (NW) part of SCS, and north northeast in the southeast (SE) part of SCS. The joint distributions of wave heights and wave periods (directions) were studied. The results show a single peak pattern for joint significant wave heights and periods, and a double peak pattern for joint significant wave heights and mean directions. Furthermore, the main wave extreme parameters and directional extreme values, particularly for the 100-year return period, were also investigated. The main extreme values of significant wave heights are larger in the northern part of SCS than in the southern part, with the maximum value occurring to the southeast of Hainan Island. The direction of large directional extreme H (s) values is focus in E in the northern and middle sea areas of SCS, while the direction of those is focus in N in the southeast sea areas of SCS.
资助项目	Open Fund of the Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Ocean University of China[201362045]
WOS研究方向	Oceanography
语种	英语
出版者	OCEAN UNIV CHINA
WOS记录号	WOS:000344788700002
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.fio.com.cn/handle/2SI8HI0U/3750]
专题	自然资源部第一海洋研究所
作者单位	1.Ocean Univ China, Coll Engn, Qingdao 266100, Peoples R China; 2.Ocean Univ China, Coll Phys & Environm Oceanog, Qingdao 266100, Peoples R China; 3.State Ocean Adm, Inst Oceanog 1, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China; 4.State Ocean Adm, Natl Marine Data & Informat Serv, Tianjin 300171, Peoples R China; 5.Ocean Univ China, Engn Reconnaissance & Design Inst, Qingdao 266100, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang Zhifeng,Zhou Liangming,Dong Sheng,et al. Wind wave characteristics and engineering environment of the South China Sea[J]. JOURNAL OF OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA,2014,13(6):893-900.
APA	Wang Zhifeng.,Zhou Liangming.,Dong Sheng.,Wu Lunyu.,Li Zhanbin.,...&Wang Aifang.(2014).Wind wave characteristics and engineering environment of the South China Sea.JOURNAL OF OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA,13(6),893-900.
MLA	Wang Zhifeng,et al."Wind wave characteristics and engineering environment of the South China Sea".JOURNAL OF OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA 13.6(2014):893-900.