Description
Using observations of the 2011-Tohoku and some other tsunamis in rivers as a starting point for analytical and numerical exploration, this book suggests a basis for predicting tsunami impacts in a river after the wave has transitioned into the river’s channel.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Observations of tsunamis in rivers.- Chapter 2. First analytical chapter: long wave set-up.- Chapter 3. Like tsunamis, tides make rivers deeper.- Chapter 4. Tsunami and tidal set-up in rivers: a numerical study.- Chapter 5. Second analytical chapter: ascending with the wave.- Chapter 6. Tsunami rides tides.- Chapter 7. Tsunami Bores.
