Profile of the President
Name: Yoshiaki Kuriyama
- Current Post:
- President
- National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology (MPAT)
- Shinkawa 6-38-1, Mitaka
- Tokyo 181-0004, Japan
- Phone: +81-422-41-3000
- Fax: +81-422-41-3026
- E-mail: kuriyama-y(at mark)mpat.go.jp
- Professional Experience:
- Since 2020: President, MPAT
- 2017 – 2020: Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo
- 2016 – 2020: Director General, Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)
- 2015 – 2016: Distinguished Researcher, PARI
- 2013 – 2015: Visiting Professor, Kumamoto University
- 2011 – 2020: Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 2010 – 2014: Director for Marine Environment and Engineering Research, PARI
- 2001 – 2004: Visiting Associate Professor, Kumamoto University
- 1998 – 2010: Head, Littoral Drift Laboratory, Port and Harbour Research Institute (PHRI)
- 1991 – 1998: Senior Research Engineer, Marine Environment Department, PHRI
- 1983 – 1991: Research Engineer, Littoral Drift Division, PHRI
- Academic/Professional: Ph. D., Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2001
- Qualifications: BCE: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 1983
- Research Interests:
- Waves, Currents, Sediment transports and Morphological changes in the nearshore zone
- Journal papers:
- Banno, M., Kuriyama, Y. (2020): Supermoon Drives Beach Morphological Changes in the Swash Zone, Geophysical Research Letters 47(22), e2020GL089745
- Banno, M. Nakamura, S., Kosako, T., Nakagawa, Y., Yanagishima, S., Kuriyama,Y. (2020): Long-term observations of beach variability at Hasaki, Japan, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8(11),871, 1-17.
- Yokobori M., Kuriyama Y., Shimozono, T. and Tajima, Y. (2020): Numerical simulation of volume change of the backshore induced by cross-shore aeolian sediment transport. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, 438; doi:10.3390/jmse8060438
- Kuriyama, Y., Chida, Y., Uno, Y., Honda, K. (2020): Numerical simulation of sedimentation and erosion caused by the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami in Oarai Port, Japan. Marine Geology 427, 106225, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106225
- Morioka, J., Tajima, Y., Yamanaka, Y., Larson, M., Kuriyama, Y., Shimozono, T., Sato, S. (2020): Numerical modeling of ship wave generation using Green’s functions based on linear dispersive wave theory. Coastal Engineering Journal 62 (2), 317-335, https://doi.org/10.1080/21664250.2020.1755794
- Eichentopf, S., Alsina, J.M., Christou, M., Kuriyama, Y., Karunarathna, H. (2020): Storm sequencing and beach profile variability at Hasaki, Japan. Marine Geology 424, 106153.
- Kuriyama Y., Yanagishima S. (2018): Regime shifts in the multi‐annual evolution of a sandy beach profile, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4475.
- Kuriyama, Y., Banno, M. (2016): Shoreline change caused by the increase in wave transmission over a submerged breakwater due to sea level rise and land subsidence, Coastal Engineering 112, 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.02.003
- Kuriyama, Y., Yanagishima, S. (2016): Investigation of medium-term barred beach behavior using 28-year beach profile data and Rotated Empirical Orthogonal Function analysis, Geomorphology 261, 236-243. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.03.002
- Karunarathna, H., Horrillo-Caraballo, J., Kuriyama, Y., Mase, H., Ranasinghe, R., Reeve, D.E. (2016): Linkages between sediment composition, wave climate and beach profile variability at multiple timescales, Marine Geology 381, 194-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.09.012
- Barnard, P.L., Short, A.D., Harley, M.D., Splinter, K.D., Vitousek, S., Turner, I.L., Allan, J., Banno, M., Bryan, K.R., Doria, A., Hansen, J.E., Kato, S., Kuriyama, Y., Randall-Goodwin, E., Ruggiero, P., Walker, I.J., Heathfield, D.K. (2015): Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Nino/Southern Oscillation. Nature Geoscience 8(10), 801-807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2539
- Karunarathna, H., Kuriyama, Y., Mase, H., Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M., Reeve, D.E. (2015): Forecasts of seasonal to inter-annual beach change using a reduced physics beach profile model. Marine Geology 365, 14-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2015.03.009
- Kuriyama, Y., Takahashi, K., Yanagishima, S., and Tomita, T. (2014): Beach profile change at Hasaki, Japan, caused by 5-m-high tsunami due to the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Marine Geology 355, 234–243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2014.06.003
- Suzuki, T. and Kuriyama, Y. (2014): The effects of offshore wave energy flux and longshore current velocity on medium-term shoreline change at Hasaki, Japan. Coastal Engineering Journal, Vol. 56, No. 2, 1450007, World Scientific Publishing Company and Japan Society of Civil Engineers, DOI: 10.1142/S0578563414500077.
- Kuriyama, Y. and Sakamoto, H. (2014): Cross-shore distribution of long-term average longshore sediment transport rate on a sandy beach exposed to waves with various directionalities, Coastal Engineering 86, 27–35. doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.01.009.
- Kuriyama, Y., Banno, M. and Suzuki, T. (2012): Linkages among interannual variations of shoreline, wave and climate at Hasaki, Japan. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L06604, doi:10.1029/2011GL050704.
- Kuriyama, Y. (2012): Process-based one-dimensional model for cyclic longshore bar evolution. Coastal Engineering, 62, 48-61, doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.12.001.
- Kuriyama, Y. (2011): Numerical investigation on the influence of tide on cyclic seaward bar migration, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No.59, pp.138-149.
- Kuriyama, Y. (2010): A one-dimensional parametric model for undertow and longshore current velocities on barred beaches. Coastal Engineering Journal, 52(2), 133-155, DOI No: 10.1142/S0578563410002130.
- Udo, K., Y. Kuriyama, and D. W. T. Jackson (2008): Observations of wind-blown sand under various meteorological conditions at a beach, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F04008, doi:10.1029/2007JF000936.
- Ruessink, B. G., and Y. Kuriyama (2008): Numerical predictability experiments of cross-shore sandbar migration, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 35, L01603, doi:10.1029/2007GL032530.
- Kuriyama, Y., Ito, Y. and Yanagishima, S. (2008): Cross-shore variation of long-term average longshore current velocity in the nearshore zone, Continental Shelf Research, Vol.28, No.3, pp.491-502, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.10.008.
- Kuriyama, Y., Ito, Y. and Yanagishima, S. (2008): Medium-term variations of bar properties and their linkages with environmental factors at Hasaki, Japan, Marine Geology, Vol.248, pp.1-10, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2007.10.006.
- Ruessink, B. G., Kuriyama, Y., Reniers, A. J. H. M., Roelvink, J. A. and Walstra, D. J. R. (2007): Modeling cross-shore sandbar behavior on the timescale of weeks, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112, F03010, doi:10.1029/2006JF000730.
- Kuriyama, Y., Mochizuki, N. and Nakashima, T. (2005): Influence of vegetation on aeolian sand transport rate from a backshore to a foredune at Hasaki, Japan, Sedimentology, 52, pp. 1123-1132, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2005.00734.x
- Ruessink, B. G., van Enckevort, I. M. J. and Kuriyama, Y. (2004): Non-linear principal component analysis of nearshore bathymetry, Marine Geology, 203, pp.185-197.
- Ruessink, B. G., Wijnberg, K. M., Holman, R. A., Kuriyama, Y., and van Enckevort, I. M. J. (2003): Intersite comparison of interannual nearshore bar behavior, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.108, No.C8, doi:10.1029/2002JC001505.
- Kuriyama, Y., Uchiyama, Y., Nakamura, S. and Nagae, T. (2004): Medium-term bathymetric change around jetties at Imagireguchi Inlet, Japan,Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No.33, pp.223-236.
- Kuriyama, Y. (2002): Medium-term bar behavior and associated sediment transport at Hasaki, Japan, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.107, No.C9, pp.15-1-15-12.
- Kuriyama, Y. and Nakatsukasa, T. (2000): A one-dimensional model for undertow and longshore current on a barred beach, Coastal Eng., 40, pp.39-58.
- Kuriyama, Y., Katoh, K. and Irie, I. (1988): Follow-up surveys of artificially nourished beaches, Coastal Engineering in Japan, Vol.31, No.1, JSCE, pp.105-120
- Conference papers and others:
- Kuriyama, Y., Bannoa, M. (2018): Countermeasure against erosion behind submerged breakwater due to sea level rise. Proceedings of 36th Conference on Coastal Engineering, Baltimore, USA, pp.62-62.
- Banno, M., Kuriyama, Y. (2018): Sea-level effect of annual cyclic beach morphology in swash zone at Hasaki Coast. Proceedings of 36th Conference on Coastal Engineering, Baltimore, USA, pp.35-35.
- Rathnayaka, D., Kuriyama, Y., Tajima, Y. (2018): Medium-term variation of bar movement and its linkage to wave climate. Proceedings of 36th Conference on Coastal Engineering, Baltimore, USA, pp.45-45.
- Kuriyama, Y., Yanagishima, S. (2017): Relationships between offshore waves and beach profile changes in the foreshore and inner transition zone. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2017.
- Banno, M., Takewaka, S., Kuriyama, Y. (2017): Multidecadal shoreline evolution due to large-scale beach nourishment –Japanese Sand Engine?–. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2017.
- Suzuki, T. Inami, Y. Banno, M. Kuriyama, Y. (2017): Observation of sediment particle movements during a storm. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2017.
Kuriyama, Y., Uno, Y., Honda, K., Takahashi, K. (2015): Tsunami-induced beach profile changes with different initial profiles. Proc. Coastal Structures & Solutions to Coastal Disasters.
- Kuriyama, Y., Uno, Y., Honda, K. (2015): Hindacast of bathymetry change in Oarai Port, Japan, cause by the 2011 tsunami. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments ’15.
- Banno, M., Kuriyama, Y., Hashimoto, N. (2015): Equilibrium-based foreshore beach profile change model for long-term data, Proceedings of Coastal Sediments ’15.
- Karunarathna, H., Kuriyama, Y., Mase, H., Horrillo-Caraballo, J.M., Reeve, D.E. (2015): Modelling inter-annual scale beach change. Proceedings of Coastal Sediments ’15.
- Masria, A., Nadaoka, K., Kuriyama, Y., Negm, A., Iskander, M., Saavedra, O.C. (2015): Near shore and beach nourishment’s effects of the stability of Rosetta Promontory, Egypt, Proceedings of 18th International Water Technology Conference, IWTC18, Sharm El Sheikh.
Banno, M. and Kuriyama, Y. (2014): Prediction of future shoreline change with sea-level rise and wave climate change at Hasaki, Japan. Proceedings of 34th Conference on Coastal Engineering, Seoul, Korea.
- Kuriyama, Y., Banno, M., Kishi, H., Satoh T. and Mizuuchi, K. (2013): Morphological change of nourished beach behind submerged breakwater of the Niigata coast, Proc. Coastal Dynamics ’13, ASCE, pp.1015-1024.
- Kuriyama, Y. and Banno, M. (2013): Numerical investigation of the influence of the enhancement of cyclones on long-term shoreline movement. In: Conley, D.C., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E. and O’Hare, T.J. (eds.), Proceedings 12th International Coastal Symposium (Plymouth, England), Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 65, pp. 1797-1802, ISSN 0749-0208,DOI: 10.2112/SI65-304.1.
- Kuriyama, Y., Suzuki, T., Yanagishima, S., Uzaki, K., Ishino, Y. and Sakamoto, H. (2012): Field investigation of size distribution of suspended sediment using LISST-100, Proc. 33rd Int. Conf. Coastal Eng., Santander, ASCE, CD-ROM.
- Banno, M. and Kuriyama, Y. (2012): Multiple regression analysis of effects of bar and tide on shoreline change, Proc. 33rd Int. Conf. Coastal Eng., Santander, ASCE, CD-ROM.
- Kuriyama, Y., Takemura, J., Minakuchi, K., and Matsui, Y. (2011): Numerical simulation of breach profile change behind submerged breakwater on the Niigata Coast, Japan, Proc. Coastal Sediments ’11, ASCE, CD-ROM.
- Suzuki, T. and Kuriyama, Y. (2010): Short-term swash zone beach profile change model focusing on berm formation and erosion, Proc. 32nd Int. Conf. Coastal Eng., Shanghai, ASCE, CD-ROM.
- Uzaki, K., Y. Kuriyama, and H. Sakamoto (2010): Numerical study of the morphodynamic change of intertidal flats due to tidal and coastal currents, Proc. 32nd Int. Conf. Coastal Eng., Shanghai, ASCE, CD-ROM.
- Kuriyama, Y. (2009): Numerical model for bar migration at Hasaki, Japan, Proc. Coastal Dynamics ’09, CD-ROM.
- Kuriyama, Y. and Tomoda, N. (2008): Vertical and horizontal morphological characteristics of giant cusps, Proc. 31st Coastal Eng. Conf., ASCE, pp.2149-2161
- Suzuki, T. and Kuriyama, Y. (2008): Simple model of cross-shore sediment transport rate for berm formation and erosion, Proc. 31st Int. Conf. Coastal Eng., Hamburg, ASCE, pp.1762-1773.
- Kuriyama, Y. (2007): Numerical simulation on medium-term bar movement, Proc. ISOPE2007, pp.2467-2473.
- Kuriyama, Y. and Sakamoto, H. (2007): Cross-shore variation of predominant longshore sediment transport rate, Proc. Coastal Sediments ‘07, ASCE, pp.179-192.
- Suzuki, T., Takeuchi, M., Tomoda, N., Yamaguchi, S. and Kuriyama, Y. (2007): Spatial distribution of cross-shore sediment transport rate for berm formation and erosion, Proc. Coastal Sediments ‘07, pp. 2037-2048.
- Uzaki, K. and Y. Kuriyama (2007): Numerical and field study of sediment budgets on an intertidal flat at the mouth of the Shirakawa River., Proc. of the River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Vol.1, pp.427-434.
- Kuriyama, Y., Yamaguchi, S., Ikegami, M., Takano, S. and Tanaka J. (2006): Morphological changes around large-scale submerged breakwater on the Niigata coast, Japan, Proc. 30th Coastal Eng. Conf., ASCE, pp.3695-3707.
- Suzuki, T. and Kuriyama, Y. (2006): Medium-term shoreline changes at Hasaki, Japan, Proc. of 30th Int. Conf. Coastal Eng., San Diego, ASCE, pp. 3241-3253.
- Kuriyama, Y., Shin, S.-H. and Ueoka, S. (2005): Field measurements on sediment transport near the shoreline under developed long period waves during a storm, Proc. Coastal Dynamics ‘05, ASCE, CD-ROM.
- Kuriyama, Y., Hashimoto, K. and Takikawa, K. (2005): Sediment budget on an intertidal flat at the mouth of the Shirakawa River, Japan, Proc. International Coastal Symposium 2005, CD-ROM.
- Kuriyama, Y. (2005): Utilization of aerial photographs for integrated coastal zone management, Proc. MPMD-2005, pp.761-766.
- Kuriyama, Y. (2003): Sediment budget analysis with aerial photographs, Proc. Coastal Sediments ‘03, CD-ROM.
- Kuriyama, Y. and Yamada, T. (2002): Influence of low-frequency standing waves on longshore bar development, Proc. 28th Coastal Eng. Conf., ASCE, pp.2926-2935.
- Kuriyama, Y. and Lee, J.H. (2001): Medium-term beach profile change on a bar-trough region at Hasaki, Japan, investigated with complex principal component analysis, Proc. Coastal Dynamics ‘01, ASCE, pp.959-968.
- Kuriyama, Y. (2001): Longshore bar movement and sediment transport at Hasaki, Japan, Proc. 2nd IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, IAHR, pp.315-324.
- Kuriyama, Y. (1999): Field study on beach change at Hasaki, Proc. International Symposium on Progress in Coastal Engineering and Oceanography, pp.171-180.
- Kuriyama, Y. and Mochizuki, N. (1999): Aeolian sand transport and vegetation in front of a foredune, Proc. Coastal Sediments ‘99, ASCE, pp. 2597-2608.
- Kuriyama, Y. (1998): Field measurements of undertow on longshore bars, Proc. 26th Coastal Eng. Conf., ASCE, pp.297-310.
- Kuriyama, Y. (1996): Models of wave height and fraction of breaking waves on a barred beach, Proc. 25th Coastal Eng. Conf., ASCE, pp.247-260.
- Kuriyama, Y.(1995):Longshore current on a bar-tough beach -Field investigation and verification of numerical models, Bull. Permanent Int. Assoc. Navigation Cong., No.86, pp.79-94.
- Kuriyama, Y. (1994): Numerical model for longshore current distribution on a bar-trough beach, Proc. 24th Coastal Eng. Conf., ASCE, pp.2237-2251.
- Kuriyama, Y., Katoh, K. and Ozaki, Y. (1994): Stability of beaches protected with detached breakwaters, Proc. HYDRO-PORT ‘94, pp.1117-1130