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Coastal Wave Modelling
Author(s) -
SMALLMAN JANE V.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1987.tb01214.x
Subject(s) - coastal erosion , coastal engineering , shore , flooding (psychology) , civil engineering , coastal flood , environmental science , erosion , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , marine engineering , environmental resource management , remote sensing , engineering , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , sea level rise , geomorphology , climate change , psychology , psychotherapist
SYNOPSIS C oastal engineering works are designed to serve two main purposes. These are the prevention of flooding of land adjacent to the shoreline, and the protection of a stretch of coast against erosion. The design of a scheme to achieve either of these aims will require information on the wave conditions which are likely to occur at a coastal site. This paper describes some of the methods which are available to predict waves at a coastal site, and summarizes some of the techniques which may be used to aid the design of coastal works.