Tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with severe excitation such as high wind. This may change the performance of structures, bridges, wharves and wind turbine structures. It very necessary to monitor this important change. Modal parameters are ones reflect structural instinct behavior. However, many identification methods assume that white noise, which not truth during ocean exc...

The coastal reclamation, as one of the most extreme transformations ocean space by humans, still lacks scientific quantitative evaluating methods to a large extent, compared with evolution land use patterns. A cumulative ecological impacts reclamation (RCEI) was established in our study based on influence characteristics different types, and attenuation effect adjacent areas. It characterized s...

The southern North Sea preserves an internationally significant early Middle Palaeolithic finds assemblage that was discovered through aggregate dredging in marine Licence Area 240 off the coast of Norfolk. is part a regional block licence areas have been worked since 1970s. Significant discoveries from 2007/2008 sparked further investigations. Through geophysical and geoarchaeological assessme...

In 1999, Typhoon 9918 struck Kyushu Island, which is located in Western Japan. During the strongest stage of the typhoon, the central pressure was 930 hPa and the maximum wind speed was 45 m/s near the center of the typhoon. The maximum storm tide was over 2 m along the coast of Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu Island. Due to the storm surges and wind waves, the typhoon caused enormous damage to m...