2013 Best Paper Award
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 141, Issue 1
The Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering is pleased to announce that the Editorial Board has chosen “Wave Runup and Overtopping at Seawalls Built on Land and in Very Shallow Water,” by Hajime Mase, Takashi Tamada, Tomohiro Yasuda, Terence S. Hedges, and Maria T. Reis, published in the September 2013 issue (Vol. 139, No. 5, pp. 346–357), as the 2013 Best Paper. The Editorial Board appreciated the careful nature of the study and its direct applicability to engineering practice.
The selection process for the best paper has resulted in five finalists being recognized as 2013 Outstanding Papers:
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“Method for Estimating Future Hurricane Flood Probabilities and Associated Uncertainty,” by Jennifer L. Irish and Donald T. Resio (Vol. 139, No. 2, pp. 126–134);
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“Is the Intensifying Wave Climate of the U.S. Pacific Northwest Increasing Flooding and Erosion Risk Faster Than Sea-Level Rise?” by Peter Ruggiero (Vol. 139, No. 2, pp. 88–97);
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“Boat-Wake Statistics at Jensen Beach, Florida,” by Alex Sheremet, Uriah Gravois, and Miao Tian (Vol. 139, No. 4, pp. 286–294);
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“Backfilling of a Scour Hole around a Pile in Waves and Current,” by B. Mutlu Sumer, Thor U. Petersen, Luca Locatelli, Jørgen Fredsøe, Rosaria E. Musumeci, and Enrico Foti (Vol. 139, No. 1, pp. 9–23); and
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“Advective Diffusion of Contaminants in the Surf Zone,” by Patricio Winckler, Philip L.-F. Liu, and Chiang C. Mei (Vol. 139, No. 6, pp. 437–454).
The Editorial Board congratulates these authors and thanks them for their submissions. Assistant Editor Andrew Kennedy has led the selection process.
The Best Paper Award and Outstanding Papers are selected annually from all Technical Papers, Technical Notes, and Case Studies published in a calendar year.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 141 • Issue 1 • January 2015
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© 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Sep 8, 2014
Accepted: Sep 16, 2014
Published online: Oct 14, 2014
Published in print: Jan 1, 2015
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