Tropical cyclones(TCs) cause catastrophic loss in many coastal areas of the world. TC wind hazard maps can play an important role in disaster management. A good representation of local factors reflecting the effects o...Tropical cyclones(TCs) cause catastrophic loss in many coastal areas of the world. TC wind hazard maps can play an important role in disaster management. A good representation of local factors reflecting the effects of spatially heterogeneous terrain and land cover is critical to evaluation of TC wind hazard. Very few studies, however,provide global wind hazard assessment results that consider detailed local effects. In this study, the wind fields of historical TCs were simulated with parametric models in which the planetary boundary layer models explicitly integrate local effects at 1 km resolution. The topographic effects for eight wind directions were quantified over four types of terrain(ground, escarpment, ridge, and valley),and the surface roughness lengths were estimated from a global land cover map. The missing TC parameters in the best track datasets were reconstructed with local regression models. Finally, an example of a wind hazard map in the form of wind speeds under a 100-year return period and corresponding uncertainties was created based on a statistical analysis of reconstructed historical wind fields over seven of the world's ocean basins.展开更多
Slope variation will significantly affect the characteristics of the wind field around a hill.This paper conducts a large-eddy simulation(LES)on an ideal 3D hill to study the impact of slope on wind field properties.E...Slope variation will significantly affect the characteristics of the wind field around a hill.This paper conducts a large-eddy simulation(LES)on an ideal 3D hill to study the impact of slope on wind field properties.Eight slopes ranging from 10°to 45°at 5°intervals are considered,which covers most conventional hill slopes.The inflow turbulence for the LES is generated by adopting a modified generation method that combines the equilibrium boundary conditions with the Fluent inherent vortex method to improve the simulation accuracy.The time-averaged flow field and the instantaneous vortex structure under the eight slopes are comparatively analyzed.The accuracy of the present method is verified by comparison with experimental data.The slope can affect both the mean and fluctuating wind flow fields around the 3D hill,especially on the hilltop and the leeward side,where a critical slope of 25°can be observed.The fluctuating wind speeds at the tops of steep hills(with slope angles beyond 25°)decrease with increasing slope,while the opposite phenomenon occurs on gentle hills.With increasing slope,the energy of the high-speed descending airflow is enhanced and pushes the separated flow closer to the hill surface,resulting in increased wind speed near the wall boundary on the leeward side and inhibiting the development of turbulence.The vortex shedding trajectory in the wake region becomes wider and longer,suppressing the growth of the mean wind near the wall boundary and enhancing the turbulence intensity.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2017YFA0604903)
文摘Tropical cyclones(TCs) cause catastrophic loss in many coastal areas of the world. TC wind hazard maps can play an important role in disaster management. A good representation of local factors reflecting the effects of spatially heterogeneous terrain and land cover is critical to evaluation of TC wind hazard. Very few studies, however,provide global wind hazard assessment results that consider detailed local effects. In this study, the wind fields of historical TCs were simulated with parametric models in which the planetary boundary layer models explicitly integrate local effects at 1 km resolution. The topographic effects for eight wind directions were quantified over four types of terrain(ground, escarpment, ridge, and valley),and the surface roughness lengths were estimated from a global land cover map. The missing TC parameters in the best track datasets were reconstructed with local regression models. Finally, an example of a wind hazard map in the form of wind speeds under a 100-year return period and corresponding uncertainties was created based on a statistical analysis of reconstructed historical wind fields over seven of the world's ocean basins.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Plan of China(No.2018YFB1501104)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52278511)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(No.E2021210053)the Young Backbone Teacher Cultivation Program of Henan University of Technology.
文摘Slope variation will significantly affect the characteristics of the wind field around a hill.This paper conducts a large-eddy simulation(LES)on an ideal 3D hill to study the impact of slope on wind field properties.Eight slopes ranging from 10°to 45°at 5°intervals are considered,which covers most conventional hill slopes.The inflow turbulence for the LES is generated by adopting a modified generation method that combines the equilibrium boundary conditions with the Fluent inherent vortex method to improve the simulation accuracy.The time-averaged flow field and the instantaneous vortex structure under the eight slopes are comparatively analyzed.The accuracy of the present method is verified by comparison with experimental data.The slope can affect both the mean and fluctuating wind flow fields around the 3D hill,especially on the hilltop and the leeward side,where a critical slope of 25°can be observed.The fluctuating wind speeds at the tops of steep hills(with slope angles beyond 25°)decrease with increasing slope,while the opposite phenomenon occurs on gentle hills.With increasing slope,the energy of the high-speed descending airflow is enhanced and pushes the separated flow closer to the hill surface,resulting in increased wind speed near the wall boundary on the leeward side and inhibiting the development of turbulence.The vortex shedding trajectory in the wake region becomes wider and longer,suppressing the growth of the mean wind near the wall boundary and enhancing the turbulence intensity.
