Coral reefs can provide significant coastal protection benefits to people and property. Here
we show that the annual expected damages from flooding would double, and costs from …

The purpose of memory is to guide current and future behavior based on previous
experiences. Part of this process involves either discriminating between or generalizing …

The conservation of coastal ecosystems can provide considerable coastal protection
benefits, but this role has not been sufficiently accounted for in coastal planning and …

Coastal systems are increasingly vulnerable to flooding due to the combined influence of
coastal storms, development and population growth, geomorphic change, and sea level rise …

The accurate prediction of extreme wave run-up is important for effective coastal
engineering design and coastal hazard management. While run-up processes on open …

Wave breaking on the steep fore‐reef slopes of shallow fringing reefs can be effective at
dissipating incident sea‐swell waves prior to reaching reef shorelines. However, wave setup …

Dynamics of Wave Setup over a Steeply Sloping Fringing Reef in: Journal of Physical
Oceanography Volume 45 Issue 12 (2015) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo …

In this study we investigated the capabilities of the mesh-free, Lagrangian particle method
(Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, SPH) to simulate the detailed hydrodynamic processes …

Abstract After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the effectiveness of fringing reefs in protecting
coastlines from tsunami-induced inundation has aroused great attention in the post-tsunami …

This study presents new experiments and analysis to evaluate the performance of
overtopping models for fringing reef fronted beaches. Physical experiments were conducted …