Inthisstudy,wesimulatedtyphoonwavesintheshallowwatersaroundtheZhoushanIslandsusingtheWaveWatch-III(WW3)modelversion5.16,thelatestversionreleasedbytheNationalOceanicandAtmosphericAdministration.Specifically,weusedin-situmeasurementstoevaluatetheperformanceofsevenpackagesofinput/dissipationsourcetermsintheWW3model.WeforcedtheWW3modelbywindfieldsderivedfromacombinationoftheparametricHollandmodelandhigh-resolutionEuropeanCenterforMedium-RangeWeatherForecasts(ECMWF)winddataina0.125°grid,hereincalledH-Ewinds.WetrainedtheH-EwindsbyfittingashapeparameterBtobuoy-measuredobservations,whichresultedinasmallestrootmeansquareerror(RMSE)of3ms?1forB,whentreatedasaconstant0.4.Then,weappliedtheseveninput/dissipationtermsofWW3,labelledST1,ST2,ST2+STAB2,ST3,ST3+STAB3,ST4,andST6,tosimulatethesignificantwaveheight(SWH)upto5mduringtyphoonsFungwongandChan-homaroundtheZhoushanIslands.WethencomparedtheSWHsofthesimulatedwaveswiththosemeasuredbythein-situbuoys.TheresultsindicatethatthesimulationusingST2performsbestwithanRMSEof0.79mfortyphoonFung-wongandanRMSEof1.12mfortyphoonChan-hom.Interestingly,wefoundthesimulatedSWHresultstoberelativelyhigherthanthoseoftheobservationsintheareabetweenHangzhouBayandtheZhoushanIslands.Thisbehaviorisworthyoffurtherinvestigationinthefuture.
