Coastal sea levels and wind-waves in the Mediterranean Sea since 1950 from a high-resolution ocean reanalysis

T Toomey, A Amores, M Marcos, A Orfila - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the Mediterranean Sea, coastal extreme sea levels are mainly caused by storm surges
driven by atmospheric pressure and surface winds from extratropical cyclones. In addition …

A new European coastal flood database for low–medium intensity events

M Le Gal, T Fernández-Montblanc… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2023 - nhess.copernicus.org
Coastal flooding is recognized as one of the most devastating natural disasters, resulting in
significant economic losses. Therefore, hazard assessment is crucial to support …

A global unstructured, coupled, high-resolution hindcast of waves and storm surge

L Mentaschi, MI Vousdoukas… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Accurate information on waves and storm surges is essential to understand coastal hazards
that are expected to increase in view of global warming and rising sea levels. Despite the …

Towards a pan-European coastal flood awareness system: Skill of extreme sea-level forecasts from the Copernicus Marine Service

M Irazoqui Apecechea, A Melet… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
European coasts are regularly exposed to severe storms that trigger extreme water-level
conditions, leading to coastal flooding and erosion. Early Warning Systems (EWS) are …

Underestimation of extremes in sea level surge reconstruction

L Harter, L Pineau-Guillou, B Chapron - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Statistical models are an alternative to numerical models for reconstructing storm surges at a
low computational cost. These models directly link surges to metocean variables, ie …

Storm surge hazard estimation along the US Gulf Coast: a Bayesian hierarchical approach

G Boumis, HR Moftakhari, H Moradkhani - Coastal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the frequency of extreme sea levels informs construction of coastal
defenses, flood insurance policies, and strategic coastal adaptation plans. In the midst of …

Improved estimates of extreme wave conditions in coastal areas from calibrated global reanalyses

V Fanti, Ó Ferreira, V Kümmerer… - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The analysis of extreme wave conditions is crucial for understanding and mitigating coastal
hazards. As global wave reanalyses allow to extend the evaluation of wave conditions to …

Substantial decrease in concurrent meteorological droughts and consecutive cold events in Huai River Basin, China

Y Zhang, X Yang, C Chen - International Journal of Climatology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Concurrent meteorological droughts and consecutive cold events can significantly impact
local ecosystems, socio‐economies, and human health. The respective characteristics of …

Seasonal shift in storm surges at Brest revealed by extreme value analysis

M Reinert, L Pineau‐Guillou, N Raillard… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming changes the Earth's climate in different ways, in particular it influences
extreme weather events like storms. Strong storms cause large surges and thus have a …

Towards a pan-European coastal flood awareness system: Skill of extreme sea-level forecasts from the Copernicus Marine Service

MI Apecechea, A Melet… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - search.proquest.com
European coasts are regularly exposed to severe storms that trigger extreme water-level
conditions, leading to coastal flooding and erosion. Early Warning Systems (EWS) are …