Impact assessment of climate change on coastal hazards in Japan
| Autor: | Yoko Shibutani, Nobuhito Mori, Tomoya Shimura, Sota Nakajo, Marc P. Kjerland |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Coastal hazards
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Impact assessment business.industry 0208 environmental biotechnology Environmental resource management Climate change 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences 020801 environmental engineering Environmental protection Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Environmental science business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Hydrological Research Letters. 10(3):101-105 |
| ISSN: | 1882-3416 |
| Popis: | Understanding future changes of ocean waves and storm surges is important for assessing and mitigating the impact of climate on coastal, marine and ocean environments and on engineering problems. This paper reviews the latest research results of climate change impacts on coastal hazards in Japan. First, future changes of wave climate and storm surges based on MRI-AGCM ensemble experiments are summarized. Second, the applications of coastal hazard projections to coastal structures and beach profiles are summarized as a series of climate impact assessment projects. There are clear increases in extreme values of wave heights and storm surges in the tropical cyclone dominant regions around the middle latitudes of the Western North Pacific including Japan. The influence of future climate change on caisson breakwaters is discussed considering sea level rise, extreme wave conditions and storm surges targeting the Pacific side of Japan. |
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