Meteorologically generated tsunami-like waves in the North Sea on 1/2 July 2015 and 28 May 2008

Sibley, Andrew; Cox, Dave; Long, David A.; Tappin, David R.; Horseburgh, Kevin

doi:10.1002/wea.2696

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“…The cause of this event appears to be a pressure anomaly moving northward over the North Sea, as presented by Sibley et al . (), which confirms this to be a meteotsunami.…”

Section: Uk Meteotsunamis – Historical Eventssupporting

confidence: 72%

“…For example, during the period 2000–2013, in the Solent, there were eight rapid sea level changes with an average height of 1.2m attributed to meteotsunamis (Pattiaratchi and Wijeratne, ). More recently, in July 2015, at Stonehaven Harbour, Scotland, a strong convective weather system generated a 1.25m meteotsunami, which damaged boats and caused a serious injury to a crewman (Sibley et al, ).…”

Section: Uk Meteotsunamis – History and Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

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UK meteotsunamis: a revision and update on events and their frequency

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“…The cause of this event appears to be a pressure anomaly moving northward over the North Sea, as presented by Sibley et al . (), which confirms this to be a meteotsunami.…”

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confidence: 72%

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UK meteotsunamis: a revision and update on events and their frequency

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“…The 2006 Balearic meteotsunami ("rissaga") sank or damaged several tens of boats and yachts in Ciutadella Harbor (Menorca Island, Spain) with a total cost of more than $30M euros . The 1954 Great Lakes meteotsunami (Ewing et al, 1954), the 1979 "abiki" in Nagasaki Bay (Hibiya and Kajiura, 1982), and several events observed at the UK coast (Haslett and Bryant, 2009;Tappin et al, 2013;Sibley et al, 2016) resulted in human casualties and severe destruction. Two recent examples came from Odessa (Ukraine, the northwestern Black Sea) and Fremantle Harbor (Western Australia).…”

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Modern Approaches in Meteotsunami Research and Early Warning

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The understanding of meteotsunamis-significant atmospherically generated long ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band-has advanced considerably during the last two decades. Scientists and specialists use near-field in situ data and remote observations, as well as atmospheric and ocean modeling, to study destructive events. The phenomenon has been reported and investigated worldwide, indicating its relevance as a marine natural hazard and demonstrating the urgent need for meteotsunami warning systems for certain countries. In this paper we summarize the present knowledge of the phenomenon, identify particular research gaps, and propose near-future critical components of meteotsunami research. We emphasize a potential concept of merging yet-to-be-developed meteotsunami warning systems and existing tsunami or multi-hazard early warning systems.

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“…They are particularly evident when set in motion by the impulse of an incoming tsunami wave, or by a landslide following a large local earthquake, following which the amplitude of the seiche reduces over several cycles (Kulikov et al 1996). However, they can also be energised by rapid changes in the winds (Heaps et al 1982), or by abrupt changes in air pressure gradient (Donn and Wolf 1972), sometimes associated with 'meteotsunamis' following thunderstorms (Sibley et al 2016). Seiches can also result from rapid changes in barotropic tidal elevations and currents (Golmen et al 1994;Park et al 2016), by internal tides that can have travelled a considerable distance from their origin Giese et al 1990;Wijeratne et al 2010), and by wave energy impinging on a harbour (Okihiro et al 1993).…”

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Seiches in the Eastern Caribbean

Woodworth

2017

Pure Appl. Geophys.

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Data from a network of tide gauges in the eastern Caribbean have been used to investigate the periods and amplitudes of seiches at each station, and the coherence in seiche activity between stations. Seiches in this area have very small amplitudes, but they can be readily identified in the sea level spectra obtained from high-quality, high-frequency tide gauges. Most of their periods are found to be determined by the quarter-wavelength response of the adjacent shelf, and their Q values are generally consistent with them being relatively undamped. At several stations, the forcing responsible for the seiches is clear. At others, the forcing is harder to pin down, seiches appearing seemingly randomly, and resulting in what has been called 'continuous seiche'. Overall, it is demonstrated that seiches (or at least their statistics) need to be better understood and to be included effectively in studies of extreme sea levels. Also related to shelf resonance, two possible examples of 'tidal ringing' have been identified.Port St Charles has no obvious peaks at lower frequencies apart from one at approximately 6.4 cph. The narrow peak at about 0.56 cph is consistent with being an M14 tidal harmonic (see text).Calliaqua has no peaks apart from very minor ones around 1.7 and 2.9 cph and a stronger and wider one at 7.7 cph.Ganter's Bay has a main peak around 3.775 cph (see text) and secondary ones around 2.775, 5.275 cph and around 12-16 cph.Fort de France has a broad but low amplitude peak around 1.025 cph. There are peaks also around 2.775, 3.325, 5.125 cph and a broad and large enhancement around 6.925-7.475 cph.Le Prêcheur has nothing obvious in its spectrum.Le Robert has a large seiche peak at 0.975 cph that is possibly split at diurnal and semidiurnal sidebands (see text). Another broad enhancement around 2.625 cph.Roseau has nothing to mention in its spectrum at lower frequencies. Peak at about 17.4 cph. Note this site has more transmission errors than some others.The Roseau record suffered from many transmission gaps that generated false spikes at 12 and 24 cph which have been excluded by the plot limits used below.Deshaies has large peaks around 2.975 and 4.025 cph and also a higher frequency peak around 12 cph.Pointe-à-Pitre has a large peak around 0.975 cph. Also one at about 2.675 cph and others higher. La Désirade has a broad peak centred around 2.8 cph with a split spectrum (approximately 2.725 and 2.925 cph) and others at around 3.4 and 4 cph, and a broad plateau of energy from 5-10 cph.

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Meteorologically generated tsunami-like waves in the North Sea on 1/2 July 2015 and 28 May 2008

Cited by 18 publications

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UK meteotsunamis: a revision and update on events and their frequency

UK meteotsunamis: a revision and update on events and their frequency

Modern Approaches in Meteotsunami Research and Early Warning

Seiches in the Eastern Caribbean

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