Wind-wave climate changes and their impacts

M Casas-Prat, MA Hemer, G Dodet, J Morim… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Wind-waves have an important role in Earth system dynamics through air–sea interactions
and are key drivers of coastal and offshore hydro-morphodynamics that affect communities …

Influence of El Niño on the variability of global shoreline position

R Almar, J Boucharel, M Graffin, GO Abessolo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Coastal zones are fragile and complex dynamical systems that are increasingly under threat
from the combined effects of anthropogenic pressure and climate change. Using global …

Wind waves in the Mediterranean Sea: an ERA5 reanalysis wind-based climatology

F Barbariol, S Davison, FM Falcieri, R Ferretti… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A climatology of the wind waves in the Mediterranean Sea is presented. The climate
patterns, their spatio-temporal variability and change are based on a 40-year (1980–2019) …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A changing wave climate in the Mediterranean Sea during 58-years using UERRA-MESCAN-SURFEX high-resolution wind fields

AI Elshinnawy, JAÁ Antolínez - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract This study unravels 58-years (1961–2018) of wind-waves in the Mediterranean Sea
(MS). A wave dataset was developed using the wave model WAVEWATCH III forced with the …

Coastal hazards of tropical‐like cyclones over the Mediterranean Sea

T Toomey, A Amores, M Marcos… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Medicanes, for Mediterranean hurricanes, are mesoscale cyclones with morphological and
physical characteristics similar to tropical cyclones. Although less intense, smaller, and rarer …

Coastal flooding in the Balearic Islands during the twenty-first century caused by sea-level rise and extreme events

P Luque, L Gómez-Pujol, M Marcos… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Sea-level rise induces a permanent loss of land with widespread ecological and economic
impacts, most evident in urban and densely populated areas. Potential coastline retreat …

Wave energy flux in the Caribbean Sea: Trends and variability

AF Orejarena-Rondón, JC Restrepo, A Correa-Metrio… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Wave Energy Flux (WEF) in the Colombian Caribbean Sea is assessed using a 60
years wave reanalysis from 1958 to 2017. Significant wave height (H s) and mean wave …

Impact of climate change on berthing areas in ports of the Balearic Islands: adaptation measures

JP Sierra, A Sánchez-Arcilla, X Gironella… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Climate change generates impacts on coastal areas due to sea-level rise and potential
modifications in wave and storm surge patterns. Since harbours are located in littoral areas …

Number of storms in several Russian seas: Trends and connection to large-scale atmospheric indices

S Myslenkov, E Kruglova, A Medvedeva, K Silvestrova… - Russ. J. Earth Sci, 2023 - elibrary.ru
The main motivation of this research is to assess the trends of storm recurrence for the time
period from 1979 up to 2020 and to analyze the connection between storminess and large …