Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8061875 | Ocean Engineering | 2018 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
Typhoon-induced waves threaten the coastal areas of Taiwan each year. The roaring waves caused by typhoon Meranti (2016) even destroyed a lighthouse in a fishing port on the southwestern coast of Taiwan. Therefore, there has been increased interest in creating potential risk maps for typhoon-induced waves along the coast of Taiwan. In this study, the highest intensity and lowest intensity typhoons (HITs and LITs, respectively) for each category from 1977 to 2016 were selected. A fully coupled tide-surge-wave model was utilized to map the distributions of maximum significant wave heights for 18 typhoon events. Each map was classified into one of 5 levels and employed to generate maximum and minimum potential risk maps for typhoon-induced waves. Our results demonstrate that the northern and the eastern coasts of Taiwan are threatened by violent waves (significant wave heights (SWHs) range from 7 to 11.5â¯m) over a coastline length of 236.4â¯km and roaring waves (SWHs exceeding 11.5â¯m) over a coastline length of 298.1â¯km under HIT conditions. The lengths of coastline threatened by big waves (SWHs ranging from 3 to 6â¯m) and small waves (SWHs less than 3â¯m) are 637.7â¯km and 553.4â¯km, respectively, under LIT conditions.
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Authors
Hung-Ju Shih, Hongey Chen, Ting-Yu Liang, Huei-Shuin Fu, Chih-Hsin Chang, Wei-Bo Chen, Wen-Ray Su, Lee-Yaw Lin,