This volume consists of five excellent review papers. In the first paper, "A Review of Coastal Wave Modeling: The Physical and Mathematical Problems", N E Huang presents a summary of the state-of-the-art of wave modeling in deep waters. He points out several shortcomings in existing modeling approaches and expresses the urgent need for developing a statistical theory of surface waves in shallow waters. Huang believes that the statistical theory can be formulated as the soliton turbulence. He also points out other important issues in wave modeling, including the air-sea interaction processes,...

This book contains five excellent papers reviewing different methodologies in various aspects of wave modeling; the authors are active researchers who have made original contributions to these subjects.

This invaluable volume consist of five articles covering a wide range of topics in coastal engineering. The reader can find a paper discussing the modern optical measurement techniques applied to wave studies. An introductory paper on wavelet theory provides readers with a new perspective on coastal and ocean engineering data analysis. For those who are interested in wave modeling, a review article on the stochastic evolution models is included. A detailed review paper on the recent sediment transport research should supply enough motivation for more research in this area. Finally, readers...

This volume consists of five articles covering a wide range of topics in coastal oceanographic engineering. The reader can find an article discussing the modern bubble measurement techniques applied to field studies of bubble dynamics in coastal shallow water. A comprehensive review paper on nonlinear modulation of water waves provides readers with a new perspective on nonlinear processes in the coastal and ocean wave environment. For those who are interested in wave modelling, there are two review articles discussing various wave models, which can be used to study wave-structure interactions...

A source of ideas and information for scientists whose work involves understanding and modelling turbulent flows with free surfaces. It has the following merits: (1) it provides a framework for developing the analysis of this field, which, although important, has received only limited study; (2) it recognizes the importance of the two-phase nature of strongly disturbed free surface flows, with both natural and technological applications; (3) it suggests possible lines of future research (especially experimental) to quantify the characteristics of flow regimes which are mainly known...

- State-of-the-art overview of PIV applied to water waves
- Invited articles, in carefully chosen fields, providing profound insight into the role of PIV in important applications
- Updated overviews of the PIV method that will benefit newcomers to the field

- State-of-the-art overview of PIV applied to water waves
- Invited articles, in carefully chosen fields, providing profound insight into the role of PIV in important applications
- Updated overviews of the PIV method that will benefit newcomers to the field

This review volume is divided into two parts. The first part includes five review papers on various numerical models. Pedersen provides a brief but thorough review of the theoretical background for depth-integrated wave equations, which are employed to simulate tsunami runup. LeVeque and George describe high-resolution finite volume methods for solving the nonlinear shallow water equations. The focus of their discussion is on the applications of these methods to tsunami runup. In recent years, several advanced 3D numerical models have been introduced to the field of coastal engineering to...