Advances in Coastal Zone Research: Meteorological Hazards and the Environment

Dear Colleagues,

The hazards of meteorological changes appear in various forms on the Earth's surface. In particular, many natural disasters such as wave deformation, storm surges, wave overtopping, and coastal erosion/deposition due to changes in the weather force are continuously repeated on the coast. Efforts to predict and reduce these environmental risks changes have continued over the past centuries, but in recent years, with the help of state-of-the-art observation equipment and using artificial intelligence (AI), we are making rapid progress compared to the past. Along with the rise in sea levels, people around the world should seek effective countermeasures against coastal risks and environmental changes that appear as the final change in weather factors should be deeply investigated.

We invite the submission of original research articles and reviews on any aspect of atmosphere–sea interactions on the coastal zone, including (but not limited to) extreme waves, wave deformation, rip currents, storm surges, meteotsunamis, wave overtopping, erosion, and deposition and so on, and their variations across space and time. We encourage studies using the most recent technology such as big data analyses informed by ocean weather buoys, extreme wave predictions using AI, real-time forecasting storm surges and/or wave overtopping, and numerical modeling focusing on the coastal zone air–sea interactions. We also welcome studies in observational and reanalysis data to address long-term variations of coastal zone environment due to atmospheric changes.

Prof. Dr. Seung-Won Suh
Dr. Sung-Hyup You
Prof. Dr. Sungwon Shin
Guest Editors

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