Publications

Research across hazards, climate, and coastal systems.

Peer-reviewed and accepted journal articles spanning coastal hazards, compound flooding, climate extremes, and AI-enabled environmental modeling.

Journal articles

Published & accepted work.

2026

Salt marsh effects on flood hazard metrics under compound coastal flooding

Frontiers in Marine Science, 13 · Robles Camacho, Maghsoodifar, Radfar, Moftakhari, Alizad & Massey

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2026

How sparse and how noisy? Systematic benchmarking of inverse physics-informed neural networks for Manning friction estimation in shallow water equations

Physics of Fluids, 38(8) · First author Corresponding author Radfar

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2026

Synergistic impact of marine heat waves and rapid intensification exacerbates tropical cyclone destructive power worldwide

Science Advances · First author Corresponding author News coverage Radfar, Foroumandi, Moftakhari, Moradkhani, Gupta & Foltz

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2026

Unraveling uncertainty in compound flood modeling: sensitivity of simulations to forcings and model parameters

Journal of Hydrology, 135424 · Wang, Gomez, Mosavat, Radfar, Moftakhari & Moradkhani

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2026

Towards a typology for hybrid compound flood modeling

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences · First author Corresponding author Radfar, Moftakhari, Muñoz, Gori, Diermanse, Lin & AghaKouchak

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2026

Global evidence for co-variability of tidal constituents

Environmental Research Letters, 21(2), 024019 · First author Corresponding author Radfar, Taheri & Moftakhari

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2025

The value of visualization in improving compound flood hazard communication: a complementary perspective through a Euclidean geometry lens

Geoscience Communication · First author Corresponding author Radfar, Boumis, Moftakhari, Shao, Lee & Rellinger

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2025

Establishing closure criteria for coastal roadways under flooding conditions

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · Maghsoodifar, Radfar, Moftakhari & Moradkhani

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2025

Modeling the effect of breakwater layer porosity on wave overtopping relationships using machine learning algorithm

Journal of Marine Engineering, 21(45), 29–41 · Ghasemi & Radfar

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2025

Escalating high tide flooding along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States due to sea level rise

Earth’s Future · Mahmoudi, Moftakhari, Muñoz, Radfar, Sweet & Moradkhani

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2024

Global predictability of marine heatwave induced rapid intensification of tropical cyclones

Earth’s Future · First author Corresponding author Radfar, Foroumandi, Moftakhari, Moradkhani, Foltz & Sen Gupta

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2024

Rapid intensification of tropical cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico is more likely during marine heatwaves

Communications Earth & Environment · First author Corresponding author News coverage Radfar, Moftakhari & Moradkhani

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2024

Nature-based solutions as buffers against coastal compound flooding: Exploring potential framework for process-based modeling of hazard mitigation

Science of the Total Environment · First author Corresponding author News coverage Radfar, Mahmoudi, Moftakhari, Meckley, Bilskie, Collini, Alizad, Cherry & Moradkhani

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2023

Application of nonstationary extreme value analysis in the coastal environment — A systematic literature review

Weather and Climate Extremes · First author Corresponding author Radfar, Galiatsatou & Wahl

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2023

Influence of nonstationarity and dependence of extreme wave parameters on reliability assessment of coastal structures — A case study

Ocean Engineering · First author Radfar & Galiatsatou

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2022

Developing an extended virtual blade model for efficient numerical modeling of wind and tidal farms

Sustainability · First author Corresponding author Radfar, Kianoush, Majidi Nezhad & Neshat

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2022

Impact of copula model selection on reliability-based design optimization of a rubble mound breakwater

Ocean Engineering · First author Radfar, Shafieefar & Akbari

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2022

A numerical methodology to predict the maximum power output of tidal stream arrays

Sustainability · First author Corresponding author Radfar, Panahi, Majidi Nezhad & Neshat

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2021

Exploring wind energy potential as a driver of sustainable development in the southern coasts of Iran

Sustainability · Filom, Radfar, Panahi, Amini & Neshat

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2021

Design of a rubble mound breakwater under combined wave heights and water levels, under present and future climate conditions

Applied Ocean Research · First author Radfar, Shafieefar, Akbari, Galiatsatou & Mazyak

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2019

Standardization of the main dimensions of design ships for the Caspian Sea ports

Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment · Panahi, Taherkhani, Radfar & Ghasemi

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2019

Non-dimensional criteria for jet independency in multi-port and rosette systems in shallow seawater

Iranian Journal of Marine Technology, 6(2), 60–70 · Mohammadi, Shafieefar & Radfar

2017

Developing new formulae for prediction of mean overtopping discharge at vertical walls

Journal of Marine Science and Technology · Hosseini, Radfar & Panahi

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2017

A comprehensive insight into tidal stream energy farms in Iran

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · First author Radfar, Panahi, Javaherchi, Filom & Mazyaki

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2017

Investigation on the sloshing effect in a 2D tank under harmonic excitation using SPH and FVM

Journal of the Persian Gulf · First author Radfar, Taherkhani & Akbari

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2017

Standardization of the main dimensions of design container ships in ports — A case study

World Journal of Engineering and Technology · First author Radfar, Taherkhani & Panahi

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2016

Parametric study of two-body floating-point wave absorber

Journal of Marine Science and Application · Amiri, Panahi & Radfar

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2016

Numerical modeling of non-cohesive contact in multi-body hydrodynamic systems with SPH

Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(35), Structures, 49 · Mohajeri, Shafieefar & Radfar

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