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Wave-current interaction during Typhoon Nuri (2008) and Hagupit (2008): an application of the coupled ocean-wave modeling system in the northern South China Sea

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The northern South China Sea (SCS) is frequently affected by typhoons. During severe storm events, wave-current interactions produce storm surges causing enormous damage in the path of the typhoon. To evaluate the influence of wave-current interactions on storm surge, we used a coupled ocean-atmospherewave- sediment transport (COAWST) modeling system with radiation-stress and vortex-force formulations to simulate two typically intense tropical storms that invaded the SCS, namely Typhoons Nuri (2008) and Hagupit (2008), and compared results with observations from the Hong Kong Observatory. Both radiationstress and vortex-force formulations significantly improved the accuracy of the simulation. Depending on which typhoon and the topography encountered, the influence of surface waves on the oceanic circulation showed different characteristics, including the differences of range and intensity of storm surge between vortex-force and radiation-stress experiments. During typhoon landing, strong sea-surface elevation in concert with wave set-up/set-down caused the adjustment of the momentum balance. In the direction perpendicular to the current, but especially in the cross-shore direction, the pressure gradient and wave effects on the current dominated the momentum balance.

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  1. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Chen Zhang  (张晨) & Jian Li  (李健)

  2. Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Chen Zhang  (张晨) & Yijun Hou  (侯一筠)

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Chen Zhang  (张晨)

  4. North China Sea Branch of State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Jian Li  (李健)

  5. Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, China

    Yijun Hou  (侯一筠)

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Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFC1402000), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41376027, U1133001, 41606024), the National Program on Global Change and Air-Sea Interaction (No. GASI-IPOVAI-01-06), the NSFC-Shandong Joint Fund for Marine Science Research Centers (No. U1406401), the NSFC Innovative Group Grant Project (No. 41421005), and the High Performance Computing Environment Qingdao Branch of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)

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Zhang, C., Hou, Y. & Li, J. Wave-current interaction during Typhoon Nuri (2008) and Hagupit (2008): an application of the coupled ocean-wave modeling system in the northern South China Sea. J. Ocean. Limnol. 36, 663–675 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-018-6088-y

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