... We here investigate the statistical characteristics of ocean waves and surges over Taiwan waters by cluster and return period analysis. The results of cluster analysis show the data records from neighbor stations would not be always fall into the same cluster due to the influence of topography...

..., and they can increase as storms intensify and near the coast. Swell waves are generated by tropical storms or typhoons at Taiwan waters. The coexisting of wind sea and swell can significantly affect sea-keeping safety, offshore structure designs, small boat operations and ship passages over harbor entrance...

... ABSTRACT SWAN wave model have been widely used in wind wave hindcasting and forecasting. This study adopts SWAN wave model for wave simulation of Taiwan water. The simulation results show that the wave period estimations are always underestimated. In order to overcome this predicament, we...

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..., TAIWAN, China ABSTRACT This paper is to analyze the inhomogeneous distributed long-term wave data over Taiwan waters by using the principal component analysis and the cluster analysis for the study of the homogeneity of the regional wave climate along coasts. From the hierarchical plot, it shows...