Storm surges along the Tottori coasts following a typhoon

• Published in: Ocean engineering Vol. 91; pp. 133 - 145
• Main Authors: Kim, Sooyoul, Matsumi, Yoshiharu, Yasuda, Tomohiro, Mase, Hajime
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Asymmetric and symmetric typhoon field; Asymmetry; Coastal; Coasts; Computer simulation; Earth, ocean, space; Ekman setup; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Marine; Mathematical models; Parametric wind and pressure model; Physics of the oceans; Storm surge; Storm surges; Surface waves, tides and sea level. Seiches; Surges; Typhoons; Weather Research and Forecasting (Wrf) model; West Pacific; Japan Sea; Pacific Ocean; INW, Japan Sea; Ekman setup; Parametric wind and pressure model; Storm surge; Weather Research and Forecasting (Wrf) model; Asymmetric and symmetric typhoon field; Typhoon; Tropical cyclone; Sea level rise; digital simulation; Modeling; sea level
• ISSN: 0029-8018; 1873-5258
• DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2014.09.005

In the present study, the after-runner surge that maximum surge height appears 15–18h later along the Tottori coasts facing the Sea of Japan/East Sea (SJES) after typhoons undergo a change in shape and intensity as extratropical cyclones is investigated using asymmetric and symmetric wind and pressure fields of Typhoon Songda (2004). For the asymmetric wind and pressure field, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is used, while for the symmetric wind and pressure field, a parametric wind and pressure model is used. The results indicate that both models simulate fairly well the 10m level wind and the sea level pressure along the Pacific Ocean, while the WRF model shows better agreement with the observations over the SJES. Subsequently, from storm surge simulations for Typhoon Songda, it is found that using the deformed and asymmetric meteorological field of typhoon structures agrees well with observations. The study shows that the after-runner surge׳s characteristic comes from the Ekman setup in the presence of the Coriolis force over the Tottori coasts. It is critical that its behavior should be taken into account for the safety design of coastal defense structures around the Tottori coastal region. •We studied the after-runner storm surges that maximum surge height appears 15–18h later along the Tottori coasts facing the Sea of Japan/East Sea (SJES) after typhoons undergo a change in shape and intensity as extratropical cyclones.•It is found that using asymmetric wind and pressure fields of Typhoon Songda is critical to simulate the after-runner surge.•The study shows that the after-runner surge׳s characteristic comes from the Ekman setup in the presence of the Coriolis force over the Tottori coasts.