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Cigdem Ozkan, Talea Mayo and Davina L. Passeri
Wave energy conversion technologies have recently attracted more attention as part of global efforts to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy resources. While ocean waves can provide renewable energy, they can also be destructive to coastal areas th...
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Alina Raileanu, Florin Onea and Eugen Rusu
The aim of the present work is to provide an overview of the possible implications involving the influence of a generic marine energy farm on the nearshore processes. Several case studies covering various European coastal areas are considered for illustr...
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Timma Flanagan, Meagan Wengrove and Bryson Robertson
Future nearshore wave energy converter (WEC) arrays will influence coastal wave and sediment dynamics, yet there are limited numerical methodologies to quantify their possible impacts. A novel coupled WEC-Wave numerical method was developed to quantify t...
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Florin Onea, Liliana Rusu, Gabriel Bogdan Carp and Eugen Rusu
The aim of the present work is to identify the expected nearshore and offshore impact of a marine energy farm that would be implemented in the coastal environment of Portugal. Several layouts of Wave Dragon devices were considered, the distance between e...
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Wilmer Rey, Paulo Salles, Alec Torres-Freyermuth, Pablo Ruíz-Salcines, Yi-Cheng Teng, Christian M. Appendini and Julián Quintero-Ibáñez
We investigate the storm impact associated with historical events in the northern Yucatan Peninsula. The study area is prone to coastal flooding due to both its geographical location and low-lying areas. Extreme events associated with tropical cyclones a...
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Aggeliki Barberopoulou, Mark R. Legg and Edison Gica
San Diego, one of the largest ports on the U.S. West Coast and home to the largest U.S. Navy base, is exposed to various local and distant tsunami sources. During the first half of the twentieth century, extensive modifications to the port included but w...
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Peter Schuhmann, Ryan Skeete, Richard Waite, Prosper Bangwayo-Skeete, James Casey, Hazel A. Oxenford and David A. Gill
Seawater quality is critical for island and coastal communities dependent on coastal tourism. Improper management of coastal development and inland watersheds can decrease seawater quality and adversely impact marine life, human health, and economic grow...
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Yao-Zhao Zhong, Hwa Chien, Meng-Yu Lin, Anna Wargula and Jia-Lin Chen
The physical processes governing coastal exchange between the surf zone, the inner shelf, and the open ocean is critical for estimating mass exchange and its impact on ecological processes. The present study combined field measurements and theoretical ap...
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Manuel Valera, Ryan K. Walter, Barbara A. Bailey and Jose E. Castillo
Coastal dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations have a profound impact on nearshore ecosystems and, in recent years, there has been an increased prevalance of low DO hypoxic events that negatively impact nearshore organisms. Even with advanced numerical mod...
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Orianne Jenck, Armita Obaei, Fabrice Emeriault and Christophe Dano
Foundations of offshore and nearshore wind energy production systems are subjected to multidirectional and cyclic loads, due to the combined action of wind and waves and in the particular case of mutualized anchor foundations for floating wind turbines, ...
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Achilleas G. Samaras and Theophanis V. Karambas
In the present work, the impact of climate change on coastal flooding is investigated through a set of interoperable models developed by the authors, following a modular modelling approach and adapting the modelling sequence to two separate objectives wi...
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Le Duc Quyen, Young-Gyu Park, In-cheol Lee and Jun Myoung Choi
Microplastics, ubiquitous in our environment, are significantly impacted by the hydrodynamic conditions around them. This study utilizes CFD to explore how various breaker types influence the dispersion and accumulation of microplastics in nearshore area...
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Soumyashree Kar, Jason R. McKenna, Glenn Anglada, Vishwamithra Sunkara, Robert Coniglione, Steve Stanic and Landry Bernard
While study of ocean dynamics usually involves modeling deep ocean variables, monitoring and accurate forecasting of nearshore environments is also critical. However, sensor observations often contain artifacts like long stretches of missing data and noi...
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Xiaoxiao Gou, Huidi Liang, Tinglu Cai, Xinkai Wang, Yining Chen and Xiaoming Xia
Coastal evolutions are expected to have a significant impact on storm tides, disproportionately aggravating coastal flooding. In this study, we utilize a nested storm tide model to provide an integrated investigation of storm tide responses to changes in...
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Yilin Yang, Qiuming Cheng, Jin-Yeu Tsou, Ka-Po Wong, Yanzhuo Men and Yuanzhi Zhang
Under the influence of global warming, the problem of sea-level rise is becoming increasingly prominent. The northern part of the South China Sea (SCS) is low lying, with intense economic development, and densely populated. These characteristics make the...
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Yong Wan, Xiaoshun Feng and Wen Zhang
Based on the past ten years of ERA5 wave field data, this study analyzed the distribution of wave energy resources in the coastal waters of each province around the South China Sea. In view of the single resource evaluation method, a regional classificat...
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Gang Nam Lee, Jong Mu Kim, Kwang Hyo Jung, Hyun Park, Hag Soo Jang, Chung Seong Lee and Ji Won Lee
With increasing concerns about environmental pollution, the shipping industry has been considering various fuels as alternative power sources. This paper presents a study of the holistic environmental impacts of eco-friendly alternative ship fuels of mar...
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Yutao Chi and Zengrui Rong
Disastrous storm surges and waves caused by typhoons are major marine dynamic disasters affecting the east China coast and the Changjiang River Estuary, especially when they occur coincidentally. In this study, a high-resolution wave?current coupled mode...
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Qibin Lao, Guoqiang Liu, Jingsong Gao, Youli Shen, Qizhong Su, Chunqing Chen and Fajin Chen
Isotope measurements were performed on dissolved nitrate (NO3-) and ammonium (NH4+) in the coastal waters of the northeastern Beibu Gulf, China, to investigate the seasonal nitrate sources and their biogeochemical processes, which are due to the rapid de...
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Abram Musinguzi and Muhammad K. Akbar
Hurricane storm surges are influenced by several factors, including wind intensity, surface pressure, forward speed, size, angle of approach, ocean bottom depth and slope, shape and geographical features of the coastline. The relative influence of each f...
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