Indonesia – with its many narrow straits and significant tidal range – might be expected to have considerable potential for tidal current power generation. A particularly promising site is the Alas Strait, with shallow depth, high tidal current velocity and location far from major shipping...

The development of SCAM, a three-dimensional numerical model for the prediction of airflow and scalar dispersion in urban canyons, has been described [3]. The first application of SCAM [4] was to study the dispersion of carbon monoxide emanating from car exhausts, but the long term aim has been...

Storm surges are one of the most important risks to coastal communities around the Bay of Bengal, and it is feared that the threat they pose will increase with climate change in the future. To understand the threats that these events pose, a summary of the field surveys performed in Yangon River...

A high water table and soil salinization processes are common in irrigated fields in the Jezre’el Valley of Israel. This valley, located in the Lower Galilee in the northern part of the country, covers nearly 300km2. In general, salinization is accelerated when a field is underlain by a...

Using the Mike11 modeling system by the Danish Hydraulic Institute, a detailed model of the Rideau Valley Watershed was constructed. It includes 532 km of rivers and lakes, 106 basins, 122 bridges and culverts, and 20 water control structures. The model was calibrated using measured streamflow...

Coastal flooding induced by storm surges associated with tropical cyclones is one of the greatest natural hazards sometimes even surpassing earthquakes. Although the frequency of tropical cyclones in the Indian seas is not high, the coastal region of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar suffer most in...

The northeastern sector of the Arabian Sea, which covers the Gujarat coast of India and western coast of Pakistan, is a region vulnerable to extreme sea levels associated with tropical cyclones (TCs). Although the frequency of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea is not high, the coastal regions...

A detailed hydrodynamic model of the Lower Rideau River system has been constructed using the Mike11 modeling system of the Danish Hydraulic Institute. This river system is complex, comprising of channels, local drainage areas, lateral inflows, and a number of water control structures. The model...

Sea level measurements along the southeastern Brazilian coast, between 20° S and 30° S, show the effect of the Sumatra Tsunami of December 26, 2004. Two records from stations, one located inside an estuary and other inside a bay, shows oscillations of about 0.20 m range; one additional...

The southeastern coast of South America is located in one of the most cyclogenetic areas in the Southern Hemisphere. Occasionally, those systems may lead to disastrous flooding. Strong and persistent along-shore winds on the shelf may also result in some coastal flooding of smaller magnitude....