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Wind Wave Prediction
Oral
Shinsaku Nishizaki, MS
worker
Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Ryota Nakamura
Toyohashi University of Technology
Tomoya Shibayama, PhD
Professor
Waseda University
Jacob Stolle, MASc, EIT
PhD Student
University Of Ottawa
This study aims at future wave projection during the typhoon and winter storm season with consideration of sea surface temperature (SST) increments. For the models, Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) and Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) was used to simulate atmospheric circulation and wave climate, respectively. It was found that the SST increase resulted in more intense typhoons and it led to higher Hs on the Pacific Ocean, while the effects of SST increase were less important for extratropical cyclones. The lower frequency of smaller Hs suggests the possibility for more frequent appearance of relatively higher waves on the Pacific Ocean.