Extreme wave runup on a steep coastal profile
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Abstract
It is shown that very steep coastal profiles can give rise to unexpectedly large wave events at the coast. We combine insight from exact solutions of a simplified mathematical model with photographs from observations at the Norwegian coast near the city of Haugesund. The results suggest that even under moderate wave conditions, very large run-up can occur at the shore.
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OpenAlex topics: Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing · Coastal and Marine Dynamics · Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
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Affiliations
Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen , P.O. Box 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway
Funding
Research Council of Norway
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