Wind-generated waves in Hurricane Juan

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• 作者：Fumin Xu ; Will Perrie ; Bechara Toulany ; Peter C. Smith
• 刊名：Ocean Modelling
• 出版年：2007
• 期刊代码：96_14635003
• 类别：cp
• 出版时间：2007
• 卷：16
• 期：3-4
• 页码：188-205
• 文件大小：2333 K

摘要

We present numerical simulations of the ocean surface waves generated by hurricane Juan in 2003 as it reached its mature stage (travelling from deep waters off Bermuda to Nova Scotia and making landfall near Halifax) using SWAN (v.40.31) nested within WAVEWATCH-III (v.2.22; denoted WW3) wave models, implemented on multiple-nested domains. As for all storm-wave simulations, spectral wave development is highly dependent on accurate simulations of storm winds during its life cycle. Due to Juan’s rapid translation speed (accelerating from 2.28 m s⁻¹ on 27 September, 1200 UTC to 20 m s⁻¹ on 29 September, 1200 UTC), an interpolation method is developed to blend observed hurricane winds with numerical weather prediction (NWP) model winds accurately. Wave model results are compared to in situ surface buoys and ADCP wave data along Juan’s track. At landfall, Juan’s maximum waves are mainly swell-dominated and peak waves lag the occurrence of the maximum winds. We explore the influence of surface waves on the wind and show that the accuracy of the wave simulation is enhanced by introducing swell and Stokes drift feedback mechanisms to modify the winds, and by limiting the peak drag coefficient under high wind conditions, in accordance with recent theoretical and experimental results.