Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2020, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 25-33.doi: 10.11978/2019089CSTR: 32234.14.2019089

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A method of tropical cyclone wave height calculation based on Artificial Neural Network

Shuihua ZHOU(), Xiao Hong, Changxia LIANG, Lifang JIANG   

  1. South China Sea Marine Forecast Center of State Oceanic Administration, Guangzhou 510310, China
  • Received:2019-09-17 Revised:2020-03-14 Online:2020-07-20 Published:2020-07-27
  • Supported by:
    Foundation item: National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFC1404700)

Abstract:

Based on the wave height observation data of five buoys and parameters from the CMA Tropical Cyclone Database for the South China Sea from 2010 to 2017, fast calculation models of tropical cyclone-generated wave height are established by using Forward Feedback Back Propagation (FFBP) Artificial Neural Network (ANN). The results show that significant wave height calculated by the ANN model based on the tropical cyclone central location, minimum sea level pressure (MSLP), maximum sustained wind (MSW), the distance and azimuth between tropical cyclone center and buoy can well fit the observations. The root mean square errors between the calculation and observation of significant wave height are less than 0.3 m, the average relative errors are between 5.78% and 7.23%, and the correlation coefficients are greater than 0.9. Test results show that the model calculation of the maxima of significant wave height basically coincides with the observation, the relative errors being between -31.06% and 0.98%; however, when the calculated maxima of significant wave height appear is not in agreement with observation during tropical cyclone Mangkhut ( International number ID: 1822). The method introduced in this paper can be applied to calculating the maximum of significant wave height during tropical cyclone for ocean engineering and marine forecast.

Key words: tropical cyclone wave height, Artificial Neural Network Model, weight, tropical cyclone parameters, fast calculation

CLC Number: 

  • P731.33