Coastal zones are among the most complex and dynamic areas on earth. Many marine and
hydrologic processes act individually or combined in these areas and can lead to extreme …

Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) is one of the most well-known methods to deal
with uncertainties in the design methods. There are still challenges with the application of …

Tropical cyclones can rapidly intensify under favorable oceanic and atmospheric conditions.
This phenomenon is complex and difficult to predict, making it a serious challenge for …

Wind energy as a clean and inexhaustible source of renewable energy can be a key
element of sustainable development that decreases dependence of countries on fossil fuels …

The search for renewable energy supplies for today's global energy demand, particularly
ocean wave energy for coastal areas, has become undeniably widespread in the last two …

In the present work, a methodological framework, based on nonstationary extreme value
analysis of nearshore sea-state parameters, is proposed for the identification of climate …

The current general consensus is that because of global climate change, coastal
infrastructures may be subject to more extreme loads in the future than in the past. There has …

The main objective of the present work is the probabilistic representation of coastal storms'
parameters through non-parametric probability distributions that can give satisfactory …

Due to climate change, desalination systems have been widely used in recent years as a
suitable solution to increase freshwater resources. However, there are some environmental …

Random and time-varying effects are important factors for statistical analysis of wave
characteristic variables, including the significant wave height and spectral peak frequency …