The Application of a Rip Current Warning Decision-Process System, Haeundae Beach, South Korea
- Authors
- Lee, Jooyong; Cho, Won Chul; Lee, Jung Lyul
- Issue Date
- Mar-2016
- Publisher
- COASTAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Keywords
- rip current; HAECUM; NERiPS-H; warning decision-process system
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, v.75, no.SP1, pp 1167 - 1171
- Pages
- 5
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH
- Volume
- 75
- Number
- SP1
- Start Page
- 1167
- End Page
- 1171
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/19045
- DOI
- 10.2112/SI75-234.1
- ISSN
- 0749-0208
1551-5036
- Abstract
- Rip currents have the potential to pull swimmers into deep water, beyond offshore sand bars, posing a significant danger to beach goers worldwide. At Haeundae Beach in Busan, a south eastern region of South Korea, many rip current events have recently occurred, resulting in a number of people requiring rescue from these fast moving, seaward currents in 2014. The main objective of this study was to provide a warning decision-process for the occurrence of rip currents, to aid in the protection of human life in the areas where these rip currents occur. The rip current warning decision-process system developed in this work consists of both the NERiPS-H (Nearshore Rip current Prediction System for Haeundae Beach) and HAECUM (HAEundae Current Model) systems. By combining the predictive index model (NERiPS-H) and the numerical model for rip current forecasting (HAECUM), rip currents were forecasted using wave and wind data, along with forecasting information. Using this system, it possible to provide a 72-hour rip current forecast, which was made available on the KMA website. Four warning levels were chosen for forecasting of rip current occurrences by the KMA.
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