Presenter: Marin Vojković (University of Split)
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Synoptic meteotsunami index was originally constructed for the region of Balearic Islands, Spain to assess the risk and serve as a basis for a meteotsunami early warning system. The index was constructed as a function of selected synoptic variables that best describe the atmospherically induced sea level oscillations in the tsunami frequency range. Analysis has shown the existence of a threshold value below which the possibility of meteotsunami occurrence is extremely low. The Balearic study has now been expanded to include other Mediterranean hot spots, in particular the Adriatic Sea. Sea level data of 1-min resolution covering period from 2008 to 2020 (depending on the station) measured at 13 stations along the Adriatic coast have been analyzed. Episodes of high-frequency sea level oscillations surpassing 99.995% intensity of 2-hour variance have been extracted, resulting in 3 to 52 situations per stations. ERA5 synoptic data, specifically mean sea level pressure, temperature, relative humidity, geopotential and winds, at various pressure levels, were examined in detail for each event. Depending on the coast, two prevailing types of meteotsunamigenic synoptic situations have been recognized, one characteristic for both the eastern and western Adriatic coast, and the other characteristic only for the western coast. The two situations differ mainly in the wind direction at surface and 500 hPa level and the presence of warm and dry African air advection over the location of interest. The meteotsunami index was constructed to account for both types of situations using Vela Luka as a beacon station for both the eastern and western coast. Indices were fine tuned to achieve the highest correlation with observed sea level oscillations, and then, were tested at other stations along the eastern and western Adriatic coasts to test the applicability over the whole region. Further application of the index to other locations along the European coasts is foreseen in the future.
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- Marin Vojković (University of Split)
- Krešimir Ruić (University of Split)
- Jadranka Šepić (University of Split)
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Generalizing synoptic atmospheric index for meteotsunami predictions in regions beyond Balearic Islands
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Scientific Session > OC - Climate and Ocean Change > OC03 Towards understanding coastal sea-level variability and change
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