摘要

Hurricane Juan generated huge, complex waves in the Northwest Atlantic and in coastal waters off Nova Scotia in late September 2003. This study focuses on the accurate, high-precision simulation of waves generated by Hurricane Juan in coastal waters through the application of the WAVEWATCH III (WW3) and SWAN wave models. Cyclone-generated waves in coastal waters are very complex compared with those in offshore and ocean regions. Two issues are addressed that influence the accurate, high-precision simulation of cyclone-generated waves in coastal waters: (1) the SWAN model's numerical sensitivity during nonstationary simulations in coastal waters; and (2) the incoming two-dimensional wave spectral pattern at the model boundaries.

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