Ocean processes do not take place in isolation but interact with one another to form a complex system. This paper focuses on these processes by using and developing the POLCOMS-WAM model. The Stokes’ drift and radiation stress effect on currents have been included, following state of the art formulations. The system is evaluated in the NW Mediterranean and the Irish Sea. Due to oceanographic properties of the Catalan coast, currents are typically less than 20 cm/s and therefore the modification of waves due to the effect of currents is minimal. However, the wave induced currents, mainly caused by enhanced wind drag due to waves, produce a current of about the same magnitude as the ambient one and thus become an important source of mass transport. For the Irish Sea an improvement of storm surge modelling by considering a wave modified wind stress is presented.
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机译：海洋过程不是孤立发生的，而是彼此相互作用形成一个复杂的系统。本文通过使用和开发POLCOMS-WAM模型来重点研究这些过程。遵循最先进的公式，包括了斯托克斯的漂移和辐射应力对电流的影响。该系统在西北地中海和爱尔兰海进行了评估。由于加泰罗尼亚海岸的海洋学特征，洋流通常小于20 cm / s，因此由于洋流的影响而引起的波变最小。然而，主要由波浪引起的风阻力增加引起的波浪感应电流产生的电流与周围环境的电流大小大致相同，因此成为重要的质量传输源。对于爱尔兰海，提出了一种通过考虑波浪修正的风应力来改进风暴潮模型的方法。
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