High waves at East Korean coast on february 24, 2008

Abstract

Every year the long-period high waves occur in the East Sea in winter with high amplitude during the atmospheric depression located near Hokkaido, Japan. These waves attack the coast of both Korea and Japan and cause coastal damages. Especially the waves, named Yorimawari in Japanese, caused huge damages especially in Toyama and Niigata area in Japan on 24, Feb. 2008, and the long-term high waves due to the same meteorological condition also were propagated to east coast of Korea and coastal damages was reported in Anmok, Korea. © 2010 World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.