Author(s): Nobuhisa Kobayashi; Andrew W. Raichle

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Abstract: Irregular wave overtopping over coastal structures during storms is animportant factor in assessing coastal flooding hazards and damage.Ourquantitative understanding of the hydrodynamic processes involved in irregularwave overtopping is stil1 rudimentary,although hydraulic model tests have beenperformed extensively.The need for improved understanding of the waveovertopping processes will increase if the mean sea-level rise accelerates due tothe greenhouse effect(Dean et al.1987)and wave overtopping occurs morefrequently.Moreover,an increase in water depth will result in larger designwaves if the design waves are limited due to the water depth.

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Year: 1993