Table 2 Biases and Standard Deviation (SD) of maximum storm surge (Units: m) and Root-Mean-Squared-Errors (RMSE) of storm surge (Units: m) (in parenthesis) simulated by different Cd models for TC Cases II.

From: A parabolic model of drag coefficient for storm surge simulation in the South China Sea

No.

Typhoon

Large

Donelan

Large &

Fairall et al.

Mueller and

Hersbach

Edson

First

Optimal

& Pond

(2004)

Yagger

(2003)

Veron

(2011)

et al.

guess

(1981)

(2009)

(2009)

(2013)

1

Conson

0.129

0.110

0.125

0.161

0.121

0.237

0.208

0.152

0.115

(0.096)

(0.097)

(0.094)

(0.092)

(0.095)

(0.088)

(0.105)

(0.099)

(0.095)

2

Meranti

−0.07

−0.075

−0.071

−0.063

−0.072

−0.043

−0.064

−0.067

−0.053

(0.076)

(0.08)

(0.074)

(0.067)

(0.08)

(0.064)

(0.072)

(0.071)

(0.065)

3

Megi

−0.153

−0.191

−0.201

−0.138(0.129)

−0.19

−0.036

−0.147

−0.207

−0.171

(0.138)

(0.151)

(0.141)

(0.147)

(0.148)

(0.128)

(0.133)

(0.112)

4

Haima

−0.222

−0.222

−0.212

−0.204

−0.228

−0.203

−0.221

−0.209

−0.193

(0.141)

(0.141)

(0.179)

(0.173)

(0.149)

(0.163)

(0.138)

(0.174)

(0.139)

5

Nock-ten

−0.07

−0.087

−0.063

−0.044

−0.1

−0.04

−0.075

−0.056

−0.012

(0.055)

(0.065)

(0.05)

(0.043)

(0.077)

(0.043)

(0.059)

(0.049)

(0.04)

6

Nanmadol

−0.097

−0.116

−0.109

−0.079

−0.109

−0.029

−0.063

−0.101

−0.064

(0.112)

(0.121)

(0.117)

(0.108)

(0.129)

(0.099)

(0.122)

(0.12)

(0.11)

7

Nesat

−0.233

−0.259

−0.231

−0.192

−0.254

−0.166

−0.186

−0.2

−0.13

(0.167)

(0.168)

(0.169)

(0.166)

(0.162)

(0.168)

(0.158)

(0.164)

(0.168)

8

Nalgae

−0.017

−0.052

−0.016

0.037

−0.034

0.092

0.082

0.034

0.072

(0.136)

(0.14)

(0.137)

(0.14)

(0.137)

(0.144)

(0.14)

(0.134)

(0.142)

 

SD

0.143

0.155

0.148

0.131

0.156

0.132

0.145

0.145

0.117

(Mean RMSE)

(0.115)

(0.120)

(0.120)

(0.115)

(0.122)

(0.115)

(0.115)

(0.118)

(0.109)

  1. Shown in the bottom are the Standard Deviation (SD) of maximum storm surge and the mean RMSE (in parenthesis).