Storm surges, caused by the strong winds and low air pressure that occur during storms (Pugh and Woodworth, 2014), can be measured by tide gauges, that record coastal sea level changes with high-frequency sampling (typically hourly). However, tide gauge records are often too short to assess...
SUBJECT AREAS: CLIMATE SCIENCES OCEAN SCIENCES PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY APPLIED PHYSICS Observing storm surges from space: Hurricane Igor off Newfoundland Guoqi Han1, Zhimin Ma2, Dake Chen3, Brad deYoung2 & Nancy Chen1 1Biological and Physical Oceanography Section, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest ...
Our results indicate strongly that mid-latitude storms, capable of generating more extreme storm surges and waves than ever observed, are likely due to natural variability. We confirmed previous observations that more extreme storm surges in semi-enclosed basins can be caused by slowing down the ...
Storm surges are due mostly to wind, which pushes the water ahead of a storm. In Galveston, Tex., in 1900 a hurricane with a wind velocity of more than 100 mi (160 km) per hr caused an ocean storm surge 15 ft (5 m) above normal high tide levels that flooded coastal areas, ...
In addition, reanalysis data can be analysed using similar techniques to the case of observational record and there are several examples of storm surge analyses; e.g. on the long term variations and trends in storm surges (Cid et al., 2015), projections of extreme storm surges (Paprotny ...
Characteristics of large positive and negative surges in the Mediterranean Sea and their attenuation in future climate scenarios. Glob. Planet. Change 111, 159–173 (2013). Article ADS Google Scholar Little, C. M. et al. Joint projections of US East Coast sea level and storm surge. Nat. ...
should start today if possible. Successive storm surges in a short period of time could also become more frequent in the future. The infrastructure already weakened by the first storm surge would be much more vulnerable to subsequent events, with even worse consequences for the people on the ...
(Table3). In addition to the three surges listed above, this list includes a 9.14 m storm surge produced by Typhoon Didang in 1968 at Narvacan, Illocos Sur, in the northwestern portion of Luzon [Arafiles and Alcances,1978;Henderson,1988]. Although Didang's surge is listed in SURGE...
The latter comprises sandbars (i.e., submerged sand ridges), extensive beach width, and dunes, constituting the primary defense against storm surges43,44. However, the combined forces of wind, waves, and rip currents can considerably modify the beach’s geomorphology, locally compromising this ...
The depth-averaged, numerical storm-surge model developed by Hubbert et al. (1990) has been configured to provide a stand-alone system to forecast tropical cyclone storm surges. The atmospheric surface pressure and surface winds are derived from the analytical-empirical model of Holland (1980) and...