Meteo-tsunami hazard associated with summer thunderstorms in the United Kingdom

Haslett, Simon K.; Mellor, Holly E.; Bryant, Edward

doi:10.1016/j.pce.2009.10.005

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“…In southern Britain a number of tsunami‐like events have been described (Dawson et al ., ; Haslett and Bryant, ; Haslett et al ., ). Their identification, however, is mainly based on what they might not have been (storms, distant earthquake tsunamis etc) rather than what they actually are.…”

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The English Channel ‘tsunami’ of 27 June 2011 – a probable meteorological source

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Horsburgh

et al. 2013

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The English Channel ‘tsunami’ of 27 June 2011 – a probable meteorological source

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Sibley

Horsburgh

et al. 2013

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“…The Nagasaki Bay meteotsunami of 31 March 1979, again with 5 m high waves, resulted in the drowning of three elderly women (Hibiya and Kajiura, 1982). Meteorological tsunamis also occur at other highly populated coastal areas, e.g., the United Kingdom (Haslett et al, 2009), east of the China Sea coast (in particular Langkou Harbour, Wang et al, 1987), British Columbia (Thomson et al, 2009), the United States (Paxton and Sobien, 1998), and other places .…”

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The development and implementation of a real-time meteotsunami warning network for the Adriatic Sea

Šepić

Vilibić

2011

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. The Adriatic Sea meteotsunami research and warning network is described. The network is located in the middle Adriatic, an area where the most destructive of the Adriatic meteotsunamis (destructive tsunami-like sea level oscillations generated by air pressure oscillations) occur. The network consists of three microbarograph meteorological stations, and is supplemented by four permanent tidegauge stations. The two strongest air pressure disturbances, detected in almost a year and a half of measurements, are examined in more detail and used to test functionality and applicability of the network. Both of these disturbances had a meteotsunami favourable velocity, however, only one generated a meteotsunami. It is discussed why this happened and additional information on creating a meteotsunami warning system are obtained. Methods to construct a simple low-cost meteotsunami warning network are given.

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“…Meteotsunami waves, which typically have periods from 2 mins to 2 hours2, have caused disastrous effects to property and life along coasts worldwide due to their significant runup and strong associated currents345678. Even meteotsunamis with seemingly modest heights (~0.3 m) can produce dangerous currents910 that have created hazardous conditions for recreational users11.…”

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Meteotsunamis in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Bechle

Kristovich

Anderson

et al. 2016

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The generation mechanism of meteotsunamis, which are meteorologically induced water waves with spatial/temporal characteristics and behavior similar to seismic tsunamis, is poorly understood. We quantify meteotsunamis in terms of seasonality, causes, and occurrence frequency through the analysis of long-term water level records in the Laurentian Great Lakes. The majority of the observed meteotsunamis happen from late-spring to mid-summer and are associated primarily with convective storms. Meteotsunami events of potentially dangerous magnitude (height > 0.3 m) occur an average of 106 times per year throughout the region. These results reveal that meteotsunamis are much more frequent than follow from historic anecdotal reports. Future climate scenarios over the United States show a likely increase in the number of days favorable to severe convective storm formation over the Great Lakes, particularly in the spring season. This would suggest that the convectively associated meteotsunamis in these regions may experience an increase in occurrence frequency or a temporal shift in occurrence to earlier in the warm season. To date, meteotsunamis in the area of the Great Lakes have been an overlooked hazard.

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Meteo-tsunami hazard associated with summer thunderstorms in the United Kingdom

Cited by 36 publications

References 19 publications

The English Channel ‘tsunami’ of 27 June 2011 – a probable meteorological source

The English Channel ‘tsunami’ of 27 June 2011 – a probable meteorological source

The development and implementation of a real-time meteotsunami warning network for the Adriatic Sea

Meteotsunamis in the Laurentian Great Lakes

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