Inversion of Wind-Stress Drag Coefficient in Simulating Storm Surges by Means of Regularization Technique

Junli Xu, Yuhong Zhang, Xianqing Lv and Qiang Liu
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Junli Xu: School of Mathematics and Physics, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, China
Yuhong Zhang: College of Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Xianqing Lv: Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography (Ocean University of China), Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
Qiang Liu: College of Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: In this study, water levels observed at tide stations in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, and East China Sea during Typhoons 7203 and 8509 were assimilated into a numerical assimilation storm surge model combined with regularization technique to study the wind-stress drag coefficient. The Tikhonov regularization technique with different regularization parameters was tested during the assimilation. Using the regularization technique, the storm surge elevations were successfully simulated in the whole sea areas during Typhoons 7203 and 8509. The storm surge elevations calculated with the regularization technique and the elevations calculated with independent point method were separately compared with the observed data. Comparison results demonstrated that the former was closer to the observed data. The regularization technique had the best performance when the regularization parameter was 100. The spatial distribution of the inverted drag coefficient, storm surge elevations, and the wind fields during both typhoons were presented. Simulated results indicated that the change of drag coefficient is more significant in the coastal regions of the Bohai Sea and north of the Yellow Sea. Further analysis showed that the rising water elevation in the Bohai Sea is mostly attributed to the influence of onshore winds, and the negative storm surge in the South Yellow Sea is mainly caused by offshore winds.

Keywords: storm surge; adjoint assimilation; regularization technique; typhoon; drag coefficient (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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