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The effects of wave-induced radiation stress on storm surge were simulated during Typhoon Saomai using a wave-current coupled model based on ROMS (Regional Ocean Modeling System) ocean model and SWAN (Simulating Waves Nearshore) wave model. The results show that radiation stress can cause both set-up and set-down in the storm surge. Wave-induced set-up near the coast can be explained by decreasing significant wave heights as the waves propagate shoreward in an approximately uniform direction; wave-induced set-down far from the coast can be explained by the waves propagating in an approximately uniform direction with increasing significant wave heights. The shoreward radiation stress is the essential reason for the wave-induced set-up along the coast. The occurrence of set-down can be also explained by the divergence of the radiation stress. The maximum wave-induced set-up occurs on the right side of the Typhoon path, whereas the maximum wave induced set-down occurs on the left side.
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Foundation item: supported by the Special Funding of Marine Science Study, State Ocean Administration under contract No. 20090513-2, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 40976008, Innovation Project from the Chinese Academy of Sciences under contract No. KZCX2-EW-209, the Key program of Knowledge Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences under contract No. KZCX1-YW-12.
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Feng, X., Yin, B., Yang, D. et al. The effect of wave-induced radiation stress on storm surge during Typhoon Saomai (2006). Acta Oceanol. Sin. 30, 20–26 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-011-0115-6
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