E-mail: matsuba(at)edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Education:

• 2021.3 Ph.D. Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo
• 2018.3 M. Eng. Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo
• 2016.3 B. Eng. Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo

Professional Experience:

• 2024.2 Lecturer, Dept. of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo
• 2022.10 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo
• 2021.4 Visiting Researcher (JSPS Oversea Research Fellow), IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
• 2018.4 JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo

Research Interests:

Nearshore waves, Infragravity waves, Wave runup, Wave breaking, Wave theory/modeling, Bathymetry estimation

Publications (First-authored)

1. Matsuba, Y., Roelvink, D., & van Dongeren, A. (2024). Propagation of Free Infragravity Waves Generated at Distant Beaches. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129, e2023JC020580.
2. Matsuba, Y., et al. (2022). Reconstruction of Directional Spectra of Infragravity Waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(7), 1–20.
3. Matsuba, Y. & Shimozono, T. (2021). Analysis of the contributing factors to infragravity swash based on long-term observations. Coastal Engineering, 169, 103957.
4. Matsuba, Y., Shimozono, T., & Tajima, Y. (2021). Extreme wave runup at the Seisho Coast during Typhoons Faxai and Hagibis in 2019. Coastal Engineering, 168, 103899.
5. Matsuba, Y., Shimozono, T., & Tajima, Y. (2021). Tidal modulation of infragravity wave dynamics on a reflective barred beach. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 261, 107562.
6. Matsuba, Y., Shimozono, T., & Sato, S. (2020). Infragravity Wave Dynamics on Seisho Coast during Typhoon Lan in 2017. Coastal Engineering Journal, 62 (2), 299–316.
7. Matsuba, Y., Shimozono, T., & Sato, S. (2020). Wave-breaking modulation by infragravity waves during an extreme typhoon. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0231242.
8. Matsuba, Y., & Sato, S. (2018). Nearshore bathymetry estimation using UAV. Coastal Engineering Journal, 60(1), 51–59.

Publications (Co-authored)

1. Yamanaka, Y., Matsuba, Y., Shimozono, T., & Tajima, Y. (2024). Nearshore Propagation and Amplification of the Tsunami Following the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Japan. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110231.
2. Tajima, Y., Matsuba, Y., Yamanaka, Y., Shimozono, T., & Kato, F. (2024). Estimation of tsunami characteristics under rough wind waves in the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. Coastal Engineering Journal, 1–15.
3. Hashimoto, K., Shimozono, T., Matsuba, Y., Okabe, T. (2021). Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Depth Inversion to Monitor River-Mouth Bar Dynamics. Remote Sensing. 13, 412.
4. Tsukada, F., Shimozono, T., & Matsuba, Y. (2020) UAV-based mapping of nearshore bathymetry over broad areas. Coastal Engineering Journal, 1–14.
5. Yamanaka, Y., Matsuba, Y., Tajima, Y., Shibata, R., Hattori, N., Wu, L., & Okami, N. (2019). Nearshore Dynamics of Storm Surges and Waves Induced by the 2018 Typhoons Jebi and Trami Based on the Analysis of Video Footage Recorded on the Coasts of Wakayama, Japan. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 7(11), 413.
6. Shimozono, T., Tajima, Y., Akamatsu, S., Matsuba, Y., & Kawasaki, A. (2019). Large-Scale Channel Migration in the Sittang River Estuary. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 9862.
7. Tajima, Y., Lapidez, J. P., Camelo, J., Saito, M., Matsuba, Y., Shimozono, T., … Cruz, E. (2017). Post-Disaster Survey of Storm Surge and Waves Along the Coast of Batanes, the Philippines, Caused by Super Typhoon Meranti/Ferdie. Coastal Engineering Journal, 59(01), 1750009.