Simulation of hurricane waves with parametric wind fields

Author

Martino, Christopher D. ; Cheung, Kwok Fai ; Phadke, Amal C. ; Houston, Samuel H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Defense, Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kekaha, HI, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1323

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

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic regions; storms; wind; AD 1992; Hawaii; Hurricane Iniki; Kauai; Pacific Ocean; hindcasting; hurricane waves; hurricane winds; parametric models; parametric wind fields; storm; tracks; wave growth; wave height; wave model WAM; wind energy input; wind speed; Atmospheric modeling; Hurricanes; Oceans; Parametric statistics; Predictive models; Spatial resolution; Storms; Wind energy; Wind forecasting; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2001. MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-933957-28-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2001.968302

Filename

968302