For open sea conditions the sea surface roughness is described as a function of surface stress and wind speed over sea surface by Charnock relation. The sea surface roughnessn in the North-west Pacific Ocean is derived successfully using wind speed data estimated by the TOPEX satellite altimeter. From the results we find that： （1） the mean sea surface roughness in winter is greater than in summer; （2） compared with other sea areas, the sea surface roughness in the sea area east of Japan （ N30°- 40°, E135°- 150°） is larger than in other sea areas; （3） sea surface roughness in the South China Sea changes more greatly than that in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea.
Wave fields in Bohai Sea from 1985 to 2004 were simulated using SWAN wave model by inputting high-resolution hindcast wind fields dataset. Comparisons of wave heights between simulation and observation show good agreement in general. According to the annual extreme values of simulation, this paper gives wave extreme parameters with different return-period for all computation grids in Bohai sea.
Wave fields in Beibu Bay during Typhoon Damrey （2005） were simulated by SWAN wave model through inputting high resolution reanalysis wind fields data, current and water level data. Comparisons for wind input and wave hindcast between observation and simulation show good consistency. Distributions of wave parameters such as wave height, wave period, wave length and wave direction under typhoon wind forcing were given. Also, the directional spectra related to the different position from the typhoon center were discussed. And at last, the variation and characteristics of observed frequency spectrum during the passage of Damrey were presented.
