Search Results - "Kirby, James T."

Effect of Water Compressibility, Sea-floor Elasticity, and Field Gravitational Potential on Tsunami Phase Speed by Abdolali, Ali, Kadri, Usama, Kirby, James T.

“…Tsunamis can propagate thousands of kilometres across the ocean. Precise calculations of arrival times are essential for reliable early warning systems,…”
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Numerical study of turbulence and wave damping induced by vegetation canopies by Ma, Gangfeng, Kirby, James T., Su, Shih-Feng, Figlus, Jens, Shi, Fengyan

“…Vegetation canopies control mean and turbulent flow structure as well as surface wave processes in coastal regions. A non-hydrostatic RANS model based on…”
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The 27 April 1975 Kitimat, British Columbia, submarine landslide tsunami: a comparison of modeling approaches by Kirby, James T., Shi, Fengyan, Nicolsky, Dmitry, Misra, Shubhra

“…We present numerical simulations of the April 27, 1975, landslide event in the northern extreme of Kitimat Arm, British Columbia. The event caused a tsunami…”
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Numerical Simulation of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami Based on a New Transient FEM Co-seismic Source: Comparison to Far- and Near-Field Observations by Grilli, Stephan T., Harris, Jeffrey C., Tajalli Bakhsh, Tayebeh S., Masterlark, Timothy L., Kyriakopoulos, Christodoulos, Kirby, James T., Shi, Fengyan

“…In this work, we simulate the 2011 M9 Tohoku-Oki tsunami using new coseismic tsunami sources based on inverting onshore and offshore geodetic data, using 3D…”
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Tsunamis caused by submarine slope failures along western Great Bahama Bank by Schnyder, Jara S.D., Eberli, Gregor P., Kirby, James T., Shi, Fengyan, Tehranirad, Babak, Mulder, Thierry, Ducassou, Emmanuelle, Hebbeln, Dierk, Wintersteller, Paul

“…Submarine slope failures are a likely cause for tsunami generation along the East Coast of the United States. Among potential source areas for such tsunamis…”
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Tide-surge Interaction Intensified by the Taiwan Strait by Zhang, Wen-Zhou, Shi, Fengyan, Hong, Hua-Sheng, Shang, Shao-Ping, Kirby, James T.

“…The Taiwan Strait is a long and wide shelf‐channel where the hydrodynamics is extremely complex, being characterized by strong tides, and where storm surges…”
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The Effects of Surface Gravity Waves on High-Frequency Acoustic Propagation in Shallow Water by Karjadi, Entin A., Badiey, Mohsen, Kirby, James T., Bayindir, Cihan

“…A realistic 2-D time-evolving ocean surface model has been combined with an existing acoustic ray-based model to simulate the effects of sea surface roughness…”
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Boussinesq Models and Their Application to Coastal Processes across a Wide Range of Scales by Kirby, James T

“…AbstractIn this paper, the development of a class of depth-integrated, phase-resolving models for surface wave propagation, known as Boussinesq-type models…”
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Monochromatic and random wave breaking at blocking points by Chawla, Arun, Kirby, James T.

“…In this paper we study the energy dissipation due to current‐limited wave breaking in monochromatic and random waves with the help of experimental tests. The…”
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Shock-capturing non-hydrostatic model for fully dispersive surface wave processes by Ma, Gangfeng, Shi, Fengyan, Kirby, James T.

“…► We developed a shock-capturing nonhydrostatic model based on Godunov-type approach. ► The model can well predict surface wave processes using few vertical…”
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Boussinesq modeling of longshore currents by Chen, Qin, Kirby, James T., Dalrymple, Robert A., Shi, Fengyan, Thornton, Edward B.

“…A time domain Boussinesq model for nearshore hydrodynamics is improved to obtain the conservation of vertical vorticity correct to second order and extended…”
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Modelling of the tsunami from the December 22, 2018 lateral collapse of Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Straits, Indonesia by Grilli, Stephan T., Tappin, David R., Carey, Steven, Watt, Sebastian F. L., Ward, Steve N., Grilli, Annette R., Engwell, Samantha L., Zhang, Cheng, Kirby, James T., Schambach, Lauren, Muin, Muslim

“…On Dec. 22, 2018, at approximately 20:55–57 local time, Anak Krakatau volcano, located in the Sunda Straits of Indonesia, experienced a major lateral collapse…”
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A two-layer granular landslide model for tsunami wave generation: Theory and computation by Ma, Gangfeng, Kirby, James T., Hsu, Tian-Jian, Shi, Fengyan

“…•A new two-layer model for granular landslide motion and tsunami wave generation is developed.•The model is validated by the laboratory measurements of impulse…”
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A Numerical Model for Tsunami-Induced Morphology Change by Tehranirad, Babak, Kirby, James T., Shi, Fengyan

“…We describe the development of a time-resolved model for tsunami-induced morphology change, based on an existing Boussinesq model for weakly-dispersive…”
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Dynamic response of surface water-groundwater exchange to currents, tides, and waves in a shallow estuary by Sawyer, Audrey H., Shi, Fengyan, Kirby, James T., Michael, Holly A.

“…In shallow, fetch‐limited estuaries, variations in current and wave energy promote heterogeneous surface water‐groundwater mixing (benthic exchange), which…”
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Numerical simulation of tsunami waves generated by deformable submarine landslides by Ma, Gangfeng, Kirby, James T., Shi, Fengyan

“…•A new submarine landslide model is developed based on NHWAVE.•The model can simulate tsunami wave generation by deformable landslides.•The parameters…”
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Asymptotic behavior of frequency and wave number spectra of nearshore shoaling and breaking waves by Kaihatu, James M., Veeramony, Jayaram, Edwards, Kacey L., Kirby, James T.

“…Wave number spectra from shoaling and breaking waves in five laboratory tests are compared to a recently published parameterization describing the evolutionary…”
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Landslide Tsunami Hazard Along the Upper US East Coast: Effects of Slide Deformation, Bottom Friction, and Frequency Dispersion by Schambach, Lauren, Grilli, Stephan T., Kirby, James T., Shi, Fengyan

“…Numerical simulations of Submarine Mass Failures (SMFs) are performed along the upper US East Coast to assess the effect of slide deformation on predicted…”
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Breaking of ship bores in a Boussinesq-type ship-wake model by Shi, Fengyan, Malej, Matt, Smith, Jane M., Kirby, James T.

“…A numerical study of ship-induced bores is carried out with a focus on soliton generation in different supercritical regimes, and the transition from breaking…”
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Sensitivity of tidal hydrodynamics to varying bathymetric configurations in a multi‐inlet rapidly eroding salt marsh system: A numerical study by Deb, Mithun, Abdolali, Ali, Kirby, James T., Shi, Fengyan, Guiteras, Susan, McDowell, Conor

“…We describe the development of a high‐resolution, two‐dimensional hydrodynamic model for a multi‐inlet rapidly eroding tidal wetland on the western shore of…”
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