Observations and modeling of tsunami-induced currents in ports and harbors

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 327-328, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-74

  Lynett, Patrick J ^a   Borrero, Jose C ^a,b   Weiss, Robert ^c   Son, Sangyoung ^a   Greer, Dougal ^b   Renteria, Willington ^d  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b Amalgamates Solutions and Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddies; Field observation; Numerical simulation; Tsunami; Turbulent structures; Whirlpools

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER VESSEL; DRAG FORCES; DYNAMIC CURRENT; EDDIES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HARBOR BASINS; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; LARGE EDDY; NUMERICAL SCHEME; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SIMULATION APPROACH; TSUNAMI HAZARDS; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; WAVE HEIGHTS; WHIRLPOOLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PORTS AND HARBORS;

TSUNAMIS;

DRAG; EDDY; HARBOR; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; PORT; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI; TURBULENCE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 84857526712     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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