PREDICTION OF LONG-PERIOD BIG WAVES IN EAST COAST OF KOREA
No. 34 (2014), Posters
No. 34 (2014)

PREDICTION OF LONG-PERIOD BIG WAVES IN EAST COAST OF KOREA

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https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v34.posters.41
Published 2014-12-02
Suk Jin Ahn
GeoSystem Research Corporation
Byeong Wook Lee
Sejong University
Changhoon Lee
Sejong University
Seok Jae Kwon
Korea Hydrographic & Oceanographic Administration
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Keywords

long-period big waves
wave prediction
wave observation
SWAN
wave ray method.

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Ahn, S. J., Lee, B. W., Lee, C., & Kwon, S. J. (2014). PREDICTION OF LONG-PERIOD BIG WAVES IN EAST COAST OF KOREA. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(34), posters.41. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v34.posters.41
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Abstract

In this study, we develop an algorithm to predict long-period big waves in the east coast of Korea using the directional wave gauge which is installed near Sokcho. Using the numerical wave model SWAN (Booij et al., 1999), we estimate wave data in open sea from the wave data observed through the directional wave gauge. Then, using the wave ray method (Munk and Arthur, 1952; Wilson, 1966) with the open-sea wave data as offshore boundary conditions, we predict the travel time of long-period long waves from the measurement site to several target points in the east coast of Korea. And, we predict significant wave height and peak wave direction at the target point using SWAN which simulates wave propagation in a domain including the point. We verify the prediction methods with the SWAN and wave ray method by comparing predicted wave data against 4 measured data of long-period big waves. The wave data were observed from October 2012 to April 2013 at the observation site of Whangdolcho which is located 200km southward from Sokcho. The prediction method can be improved using more measurement sites which will be installed in the future.
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Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration (2012). Construction of Real Time Wave Height and Direction Transfer and Analysis System, Report (in Korean).

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