Statistics of buoy-observed waves during typhoons at Taiwanese Waters from 1997 to 2008

Author

Doong, Dong-Jiing ; Chuang, Laurence Zsu Hsin ; Kao, Chia Chuen ; Lin, Yen-Bin ; Jao, Kuo-Ching

Author_Institution

Dept. of Marine Environ. Inf., Nat. Taiwan Ocean Univ., Keelung, Taiwan

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Twelve data buoys are being operated at Taiwanese Waters in East Asia Pacific Ocean. Typhoon-induced sea-states are the main targets of measurements. In this study, ocean waves generated by typhoons from 1997 to 2008 are analyzed. Preliminary results show that the trends of increasing scale of maximum wave heights and the duration of severe sea-states during typhoons are found. In addition, extreme large wave was also recorded. All the identities show the changing of wave climate. This may bring large impacts for the coast as well as for ocean, is an un-pretermitted issue.

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; statistical analysis; storms; AD 1997 to 2008; East Asia Pacific Ocean; Taiwanese waters; buoy-observed waves; extreme large wave; maximum wave heights; ocean waves; statistics; typhoon-induced sea-states; Instruments; Marine technology; Monitoring; Ocean waves; Protection; Sea measurements; Statistics; Tides; Typhoons; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2009, MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges

Conference_Location

Biloxi, MS

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4960-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-933957-38-1

Type

conf

Filename

5422090