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In this study, the simulating waves nearshore (SWAN) model with a locally refined curvilinear grid system was constructed to simulate waves in Jervis Bay and the neighbouring ocean of Australia, with the aim of examining the wave characteristics in an area with special topography and practical importance. This model was verified by field observations from buoys and acoustic Doppler profilers (ADPs). The model precisions were validated for both wind-generated waves and open-ocean swells. We present an approach with which to convert ADP-observed current data from near the bottom into the significant wave height. Our approach is deduced from the Fourier transform technique and the linear wave theory. The results illustrate that the location of the bay entrance is important because it allows the swells in the dominant direction to propagate into the bay despite the narrowness of the bay entrance. The wave period Tp is also strongly related to the wave direction in the semi-enclosed bay. The Tp is great enough along the entire propagating direction from the bay entrance to the top of the bay, and the largest Tp appears along the north-west coast, which is the end tip of the swells’ propagation.
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We also acknowledge Prof. WANG from the Sino- Australian Research Centre for Coastal Management, University of New South Wales, Canberra, for kindly providing the ADP and buoy data.
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Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFC1404200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41406046), the Fundamental Research Funds for National Public Research Institutes of China (No. 2014T01), the Overseas Students Science and Technology Activities Project Merit Funding and the China- Korea Cooperation Project for Nuclear Safety through the China-Korea Joint Ocean Research Centre (CKJORC), the National Program on Global Change and Air-Sea Interaction (No. GASI-IPOVAI-05), the International Cooperative Project on the China-Australia Research Centre for Maritime Engineering of Ministry of Science and Technology (No. 2016YFE0101400), and the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Nos. 2015ASTP, 2016ASKJ16, 2015ASKJ01)
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Lu, J., Teng, Y., Chi, W. et al. Investigation of wave characteristics in a semi-enclosed bay based on SWAN model validated with buoys and ADP-observed currents. J. Ocean. Limnol. 37, 434–447 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-019-8023-2
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