%0 Journal Article %T Swells of the East China Sea Swells of the East China Sea %A TAO Aifeng %A YAN Jin %A PEI Ye %A ZHENG Jinhai %A MORI Nobuhito %J 中国海洋大学学报(英文版) %D 2017 %X Over the past few decades,an increasing number of marine activities have been conducted in the East China Sea,including the construction of various marine structures and the passage of large ships.Marine safety issues are paramount and are becoming more important with respect to the likely increase in size of ocean waves in relation to global climate change and associated typhoons.In addition,swells also can be very dangerous because they induce the resonance of floating structures,including ships.This study focuses on an investigation of swells in the East China Sea and uses hindcast data for waves over the past 5 years in a numerical model,WAVEWATCH III(WW3),together with historical climate data.The numerical calculation domain covers the entire North West Pacific.Next,swells are separated and analyzed using simulated wave fields,and both the characteristics and generation mechanisms of swells are investigated %U http://qdhb.cbpt.cnki.net/WKD/WebPublication/paperDigest.aspx?paperID=7d82caff-679f-41b7-ab3a-97ed8b27a296