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Subaerial Pyroclastic Density Currents (Pyroclastic Flows and Surges)
Explosive eruptions can produce a spectrum of pyroclastic density currents (pdcs) which we describe in this chapter. Pdcs are potentially the most...
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Compound flood hazard assessment and analysis due to tropical cyclone-induced storm surges, waves and precipitation: a case study for coastal lowlands of Kelani river basin in Sri Lanka
The co-occurrence of multiple flood drivers resulting in compound flooding has received increased attention during the past decade subsequent to...
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A typhoon-induced storm surge numerical model with GPU acceleration based on an unstructured spherical centroidal Voronoi tessellation grid
Storm surge is often the marine disaster that poses the greatest threat to life and property in coastal areas. Accurate and timely issuance of storm...
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Influence of Irregular Coastlines on a Tornadic Mesovortex in the Pearl River Delta during Monsoon Season. Part II: Numerical Experiments
As demonstrated in the first part of this study (Part I), wind-shift boundaries routinely form along the west coast of the Pearl River Delta due to...
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Undular and broken surges in dam-break flows: a review of wave breaking strategies in a Boussinesq-type framework
The water waves resulting from the collapse of a dam are important unsteady free surface flows in civil and environmental engineering. Considering...
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Performance of ERA5 winds on computed storm surge and wave–current interaction using a coupled model during Ockhi cyclone
A fully coupled numerical model was setup to simulate tides as well as storm surges and waves generated by the very severe cyclonic storm Ockhi,...
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Characteristics Analysis and Risk Assessment of Extreme Water Levels Based on 60-Year Observation Data in **amen, China
Extreme water levels are related to astronomical tides and storm surges. Eleven typhoon systems, which have caused extreme water level rises, were...
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Numerical simulations and comparative analysis for two types of storm surges in the Bohai Sea using a coupled atmosphere-ocean model
The Bohai Sea is extremely susceptible to storm surges induced by extratropical storms and tropical cyclones in nearly every season. In order to...
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A numerical method of combined SPF-MEM-LBM on the rockfall-induced surge and its application
Rockfalls in reservoirs are prone to induce surges, posing a severe threat to passing vessels and facilities. A scheme combined Single-phase...
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Review: Andesitic aquifers—hydrogeological conceptual models and insights relevant to applied hydrogeology
Research on the hydrogeology of andesitic volcanic aquifers in subduction areas is reviewed. Andesitic aquifers are of high interest in volcanic arc...
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Assessment of typhoon storm surge disaster scale based on expansion model
The South China Sea suffers strongly from the typhoon storm surge disasters in China, and its northern coastal areas are facing severe risks....
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Three-dimensional numerical simulation of basin-scale internal waves in a long narrow lake
The three-dimensional MITgcm (MIT general circulation model) was applied to simulate wind-induced baroclinic oscillations in Cayuga Lake, to obtain...
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Dramatic changes in the horizontal structure of mangrove forests in the largest delta of the northern Beibu Gulf, China
The horizontal structure of mangrove forests is an important characteristic that reflects a significant signal for coupling between mangroves and...
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Numerical modeling of landslide-generated impulse waves in mountain reservoirs using a coupled DEM-SPH method
Landslide-generated impulse waves (LGIWs) often cause enormous damage. This study proposes a two-way coupled discrete element method (DEM) and...
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Assessing the Pyroclastic Density Current Hazards at Merapi: From Field Data to Numerical Simulations and Hazard Maps
Merapi is considered as the most active and the most frequently eruptive volcano in Indonesia and is responsible for more than 5200 casualties since...
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Impacts of sea level rise on future storm-induced coastal inundations over massachusetts coast
Hurricanes (tropical cyclones) and nor'easters (extratropical cyclones) are two major storm systems for flood risk over the Massachusetts coast....
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A spatial–temporal analysis of cold surge days in northern China during 1960–2016
Cold surges are one of the most devastating natural hazards that frequently affect northern China. In order to evaluate this extreme weather event in...
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Research on the three-dimensional spatio-temporal dynamic evolution and kinematic characteristics of loess landslides induced by strong earthquakes
Based on the discrete element method (DEM), a numerical simulation of the **amadazi landslide caused by the Haiyuan earthquake in 1920 was conducted...
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Solving large deformation problems in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering with the smoothed particle hydrodynamics: a state-of-the-art review of constitutive solutions
Coupled fluid–solid phase continuum problems associated with large deformation as geotechnics experts encounter in slope stability problems have been...
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Sediment Entrainment and Deposition
Many debris flows have significant amounts of entrainment, resulting in a substantially larger final volume than their initial volume and more...