Simulation of atmospheric states for a storm surge on the west coast of Korea: model comparison between MM5, WRF and COAMPS
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Title
- Simulation of atmospheric states for a storm surge on the west coast of Korea: model comparison between MM5, WRF and COAMPS
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Author(s)
- Heo, Ki-Young; Lee, Jeong-Wook; Ha, Kyung-Ja; Jun, Ki-Cheon; Park, Kwang-Soon; Kwon, Jae-Il
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- null전기천; Kwon, Jae Il(권재일)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 전기천; 박광순; 권재일
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Publication Year
- 2009-10
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Abstract
- High-quality informations on sea level pressure and sea surface wind stress are required to accurately predict storm surges over the Korean Peninsula. The storm surge on 31 March 2007 at Yeonggwang, on the western coast, was an abrupt response to mesocyclone development. In the present study, we attempted to obtain reliable surface winds and sea level pressures. Using an optimal physical parameterization for wind conditions, MM5, WRF and COAMPS were used to simulate the atmospheric states that accompanied the storm surge. The use of MM5, WRF and COAMPS simulations indicated the development of high winds in the strong pressure gradient due to an anticyclone and a mesocyclone in the southern part of the western coast. The response to this situation to the storm surge was sensitive. A low-level warm advection was examined as a possible causal mechanism for the development of a mesocyclone in the generating storm surge. The low-level warm temperature advection was simulated using the three models, but MM5 and WRF tended to underestimate the warm tongue and overestimate the wind speed. The WRF simulation was closer to the observed data than the other simulations in terms of wind speed and the intensity of the mesocyclone. It can be concluded that the magnitude of the storm surge at Yeonggwang was dependent, not only on the development of a mesocyclone but on ocean effects as well.
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ISSN
- 0921-030X
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/4246
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DOI
- 10.1007/s11069-009-9395-y
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Bibliographic Citation
- NATURAL HAZARDS, v.51, no.1, pp.151 - 162, 2009
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Publisher
- SPRINGER
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Subject
- CIRCULATION; COORDINATE
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Keywords
- Storm surge; Mesocyclone; Sea surface wind; MM5; WRF; COAMPS
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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