Extreme Wave Runup on a Steep Coastal Profile
arXiv:2010.01100
Abstract
It is shown that very steep coastal profiles can give rise to unexpectedly large wave events at the coast. We combine insight from exact solutions of a simplified mathematical model with photographs from observations at the Norwegian coast near the city of Haugesund. The results suggest that even under moderate wave conditions, very large run-up can occur at the shore.
7 pages, 6 figures, submitted to AIP Advances