scholarly journals Recent tendencies in wind storm climatology with implications to storm surge statistics in Estonia

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ü. Suursaar ◽  
J. Jaagus ◽  
T. Kullas
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surge

IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON STORM SURGE RISKS TO CONTAINERS CONSIDERING GLOBAL WARMING

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rikito Hisamatsu ◽  
Rikito Hisamatsu ◽  
Kei Horie ◽  
Kei Horie
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Storm Surges ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Inundation Depth ◽  
Risk Assessment Tools ◽  
Risk Maps ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Vulnerability Functions

Container yards tend to be located along waterfronts that are exposed to high risk of storm surges. However, risk assessment tools such as vulnerability functions and risk maps for containers have not been sufficiently developed. In addition, damage due to storm surges is expected to increase owing to global warming. This paper aims to assess storm surge impact due to global warming for containers located at three major bays in Japan. First, we developed vulnerability functions for containers against storm surges using an engineering approach. Second, we simulated storm surges at three major bays using the SuWAT model and taking global warming into account. Finally, we developed storm surge risk maps for containers based on current and future situations using the vulnerability function and simulated inundation depth. As a result, we revealed the impact of global warming on storm surge risks for containers quantitatively.

The Eastern Scheldt Project

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 51-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Knoester ◽  
J Visser ◽  
B A Bannink ◽  
C J Colijn ◽  
W P A Broeders
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Freshwater Lake ◽  
Tidal Basin ◽  
Decisionmaking Process ◽  
Analysis Methods ◽  
Civil Engineers

In the planning of the Delta-works, carried out in the Southwestern Netherlands, the Eastern Scheldt was the largest and therefore last tidal basin to be fully closed mainly to protect the area from floods. Increased recognition for the natural value of estuaries and a strong lobby from nature conservationists and shellfish producers led to a reconsideration of original plans, confirmed by a series of governmental decisions. Per consequence execution of the present plans will result in a storm-surge barrier at the entrance of the tidal basin together with two partitioning dams, separating the (reduced) tidal Eastern Scheldt from a new freshwater lake. Attention is paid to the present values in the Eastern Scheldt and briefly to changes involved by the project. The decisionmaking process is described and discussed: In the course of the project the majority of decisions taken were prepared by teams of ecologists, civil engineers, hydrologists and financial experts using policy-analysis methods. For guidance of developments in the influenced area the local government accepted a policy plan, in which human uses are regulated. Operations of the barrier are designed such that safety from flooding is guaranteed, while adverse effects for the tidal ecosystems are minimized.

Towards Control of an Estuary

1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 155-174
Author(s):  
Henk L. F. Saeijs
Keyword(s):  
Shallow Water ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Oxygen Depletion ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Intertidal Flats ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Short Time

The Delta Project is in its final stage. In 1974 it was subjected to political reconsideration, but it is scheduled now for completion in 1987. The final touches are being put to the storm-surge barrier and two compartment dams that divide the Oosterschelde into three areas: one tidal, one with reduced tide, and one a freshwater lake. Compartmentalization will result in 13% of channels, 45% of intertidal flats and 59% of salt marshes being lost. There is a net gain of 7% of shallow-water areas. Human interventions with large scale impacts are not new in the Oosterschelde but the large scale and short time in which these interventions are taking place are, as is the creation of a controlled tidal system. This article focusses on the area with reduced tide and compares resent day and expected characteristics. In this reduced tidal part salt marshes will extend by 30–70%; intertidal flats will erode to a lower level and at their edges, and the area of shallow water will increase by 47%. Biomass production on the intertidal flats will decrease, with consequences for crustaceans, fishes and birds. The maximum number of waders counted on one day and the number of ‘bird-days' will decrease drastically, with negative effects for the wader populations of western Europe. The net area with a hard substratum in the reduced tidal part has more than doubled. Channels will become shallower. Detritus import will not change significantly. Stratification and oxygen depletion will be rare and local. The operation of the storm-surge barrier and the closure strategy chosen are very important for the ecosystem. Two optional closure strategies can be followed without any additional environmental consequences. It was essential to determine a clearly defined plan of action for the whole area, and to make land-use choices from the outset. How this was done is briefly described.

ESTIMATION OF STORM SURGE LOSS ALONG THE TOKYO BAY COAST BY STOCHASTIC APPROACH

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. I_1393-I_1398
Author(s):  
Rikito HISAMATSU ◽  
Sooyoul KIM ◽  
Shigeru TABETA
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surge ◽  
Stochastic Approach ◽  
Tokyo Bay

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF STORM SURGE AROUND NAGOYA PORT BY POTENTIAL MAXIMUM TYPHOON USING TSUNAMI SIMULATOR “T-STOC”

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. I_229-I_234
Author(s):  
Masaki NIMURA ◽  
Koji KAWASAKI ◽  
Tomokazu MURAKAMI ◽  
Shinya SHIMOKAWA ◽  
Satoshi IIZUKA
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Storm Surge ◽  
Potential Maximum

PSEUDO GLOBAL WARMING EXPERIMENTS ON STORM SURGE IN EASTERN HOKKAIDO INDUCED BY A BOMB CYCLONE

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. I_1081-I_1086
Author(s):  
Jun YOSHINO ◽  
Daiya IWASAKI ◽  
Tomonao KOBAYASHI
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Storm Surge
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