Wave energy in korean seas from 12-year wave hindcasting
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Title
- Wave energy in korean seas from 12-year wave hindcasting
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Author(s)
- Eum H.-S.; Jeong W.-M.; Chang Y.S.; Oh S.-H.; Park J.-J.
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- Jeong, Weon Mu(정원무); Chang, Yeon S.(장연식)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 정원무; 장연식; 오상호
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Publication Year
- 2020-03
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Abstract
- In this study, a numerical simulation is performed to produce wave hindcasting data from 2007 to 2018 for the assessment of wave energy resources in the sea waters of Korea. The hindcasting data are obtained with a relatively fine spatial resolution of 1/20° covering 120-150 °E longitude and 22.4-47.6 °N latitude using the SimulatingWAves Nearshore wave model (SWAN). Three different wind fields, those of the European Centre for Medium-RangeWeather (ECMWF), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), and Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), are used for the numerical wave simulation. It is observed that the wind field dataset of JMA exhibits the best agreement with available field observation data. For this reason, the wave energy resources are evaluated based on the data hindcasted using the JMA wind field. It is found that the overall magnitudes of wave energy are larger in winter than in summer. The wave energy in August, however, is comparable to the mean wave energy during winter because of the influence of frequent high wave events caused by typhoons. The highest monthly average wave power around Yellow Sea, South Sea, East Sea, and Jeju Island are 13.3, 18.2, 13.7, and 40 kW/m, respectively. © 2020 by the authors.
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ISSN
- 2077-1312
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/38720
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DOI
- 10.3390/jmse8030161
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Bibliographic Citation
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, v.8, no.3, 2020
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Publisher
- MDPI AG
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Keywords
- ECMWF; JMA; Korean sea waters; NCEP; SWAN; Wave energy; Wave hindcasting
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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