Assessment of WAVEWATCH-III in Wind Wave Modeling of the Xisha Islands
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 149, Issue 3
Abstract
The Xisha islands is a unique area where offshore structures can be utilized as exploration bases in the remote sea. Forecasting of sea state parameters is critical for the design and operation of offshore structures. The goal of this work is to establish an effective operational model to simulate wind waves in the Xisha Islands based on the third-generation wave model WAVEWATCH-III. During the process, two significant difficulties are highlighted and addressed: grid modeling optimization and physical source terms assessment. Typhoon-induced waves using different grid modeling techniques and physical parameterizations were modeled and evaluated using buoy measurements near islands and reefs. It was found that the unstructured triangular grid had a better performance than the other grid options in complex terrain environments like the Xisha Islands. The ST2 source-term package can provide efficient and accurate results in significant wave heights than the other source-term packages in the South China Sea.
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Data Availability Statement
All the data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
The work summarized in this paper was partially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China No. 2017YFB0202701, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology with the research project in the fields of high-tech ships ([2016]22 and [2019]357), the Jiangsu Province Science Foundation for Youths (No. 351510008K0708LA00).
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Volume 149 • Issue 3 • March 2023
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Received: Aug 24, 2022
Accepted: Oct 29, 2022
Published online: Dec 26, 2022
Published in print: Mar 1, 2023
Discussion open until: May 26, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Bodies of water (by type)
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Engineering fundamentals
- Fluid mechanics
- Geology
- Geotechnical engineering
- Grid systems
- Hydrologic engineering
- Islands
- Mathematics
- Models (by type)
- Ocean engineering
- Offshore structures
- Parameters (statistics)
- Physical models
- Seas and oceans
- Simulation models
- Statistics
- Systems engineering
- Systems management
- Water and water resources
- Water management
- Waves (fluid mechanics)
- Wind waves
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