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Hajime Mase

Hajime Mase

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
4730
World Ranking
8278
National Ranking
253

Overview

Hajime Mase is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan, focusing on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Civil and Structural Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change. The main topics covered by their research include Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Earthquake and Tsunami Effects, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Wave and Wind Energy Systems, and Geotechnical Engineering, covering both underground structures and soil mechanics.

Mase has contributed to various frequent publication venues, with notable works appearing in:

  • Japanese Journal of JSCE
  • Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B2 (Coastal Engineering)
  • Coastal Engineering Proceedings
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B3 (Ocean Engineering)

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Sooyoul Kim
  • Masahide Takeda
  • Kazuyuki Matsushita
  • Tetsuya Hiraishi
  • Nobuhito Mori

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Hajime Mase reflect interests in wave dynamics, storm surge projections, and seabed responses. Selected recent publications include:

  • Assessment of uncertainties in projecting future changes to extreme storm surge height depending on future SST and greenhouse gas concentration scenarios, 2020, Climatic Change
  • Refinement of integrated formula of wave overtopping and runup modeling, 2020, Ocean Engineering
  • Determination of Semi-Empirical Models for Mean Wave Overtopping Using an Evolutionary Polynomial Paradigm, 2020, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • A framework for transformation to nearshore wave from global wave data using machine learning techniques: Validation at the Port of Hitachinaka, Japan, 2021, Ocean Engineering
  • Investigation on wave-induced responses of heterogeneous seabed around a buried pipeline based on nonstationary random field model, 2024, Computers and Geotechnics

The integration of machine learning approaches and semi-empirical modeling techniques within coastal and ocean engineering contexts is evident in Mase's recent published work. The combination of physical oceanography and computational methods underlines a multifunctional research approach aimed at better understanding wave dynamics and their impacts on coastal structures and seabeds.

Best Publications

  • Random wave runup height on gentle slope

    Hajime Mase

  • Projection of Extreme Wave Climate Change under Global Warming

    Nobuhito Mori;Tomohiro Yasuda;Hajime Mase;Tracey Tom

  • MULTI-DIRECTIONAL RANDOM WAVE TRANSFORMATION MODEL BASED ON ENERGY BALANCE EQUATION

    Hajime Mase

  • Local amplification of storm surge by Super Typhoon Haiyan in Leyte Gulf.

    Nobuhito Mori;Masaya Kato;Sooyoul Kim;Hajime Mase

  • Numerical analysis of effects of tidal variations on storm surges and waves

    Soo Youl Kim;Tomohiro Yasuda;Hajime Mase

  • NEURAL NETWORK FOR STABILITY ANALYSIS OF RUBBLE-MOUND BREAKWATERS

    Hajime Mase;Masanobu Sakamoto;Tetsuo Sakai

  • HYBRID FREQUENCY-DOMAIN KDV EQUATION FOR RANDOM WAVE TRANSFORMATION

    Hajime Mase;James T. Kirby

  • Wave‐Induced Effective Stress in Seabed and Its Momentary Liquefaction

    Tetsuo Sakai;Katsuya Hatanaka;Hajime Mase

  • Multi-model climate projections of ocean surface variables under different climate scenarios—Future change of waves, sea level and wind

    Nobuhito Mori;Tomoya Shimura;Tomohiro Yasuda;Hajime Mase

  • Wave Runup and Overtopping at Seawalls Built on Land and in Very Shallow Water

    Hajime Mase;Takashi Tamada;Tomohiro Yasuda;Terence S. Hedges

  • Wave-induced porewater pressures and effective stresses around breakwater

    Hajime Mase;T Sakai;M Sakamoto

  • A real-time forecast model using artificial neural network for after-runner storm surges on the Tottori coast, Japan

    Sooyoul Kim;Yoshiharu Matsumi;Shunqi Pan;Hajime Mase

  • Wave set-up in the storm surge along open coasts during Typhoon Anita

    Soo Youl Kim;Tomohiro Yasuda;Hajime Mase

  • Spectral characteristics of random wave run-up

    H. Mase

  • Extended energy-balance-equation wave model for multidirectional random wave transformation

    Hajime Mase;Kazuya Oki;Terry S. Hedges;Hua Jun Li

  • Evaluation of future storm surge risk in East Asia based on state-of-the-art climate change projection

    Tomohiro Yasuda;Sota Nakajo;SooYoul Kim;Hajime Mase

  • Modified Hunt’s Equation Incorporating Wave Setup

    T. S. Hedges;H. Mase

  • WAVE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION AND WAVE GROUPING IN SURF ZONE

    Hajime Mase;Yuichi Iwagaki

  • Ocean Waves and Teleconnection Patterns in the Northern Hemisphere

    Tomoya Shimura;Nobuhito Mori;Hajime Mase

  • RUN-UP OF RANDOM WAVES ON GENTLE SLOPES

    Hajime Mase;Yuichi Iwagaki

  • Artificial neural network-based storm surge forecast model: Practical application to Sakai Minato, Japan

    Sooyoul Kim;Shunqi Pan;Hajime Mase

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel T. Cox
Daniel T. Cox Oregon State University
James T. Kirby
James T. Kirby University of Delaware
Dominic E. Reeve
Dominic E. Reeve Swansea University
Nobuhisa Kobayashi
Nobuhisa Kobayashi University of Delaware
Kaoru Takara
Kaoru Takara Kyoto University
Roshanka Ranasinghe
Roshanka Ranasinghe IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Qiuhua Liang
Qiuhua Liang Loughborough University
Takashi Nakanishi
Takashi Nakanishi National Institute for Materials Science
Magnus Larson
Magnus Larson Lund University
Mark Hemer
Mark Hemer CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

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