Abstract
<scp>UK</scp> meteotsunamis: a revision and update on events and their frequency
Highlights
Storm surges, initially, can be identified up to 15 days in advance (Met Office, 2015) and with increasing confidence, closer to the coast as the low-pressure system develops
Julian Thompson1,2, Emiliano Renzi1, minutes (Pattiaratchi and Wijeratne, 2015). which develop over longer timescales A frequency of tens of minutes is similar to, from low-pressure weather systems a typical frequency expected from a mete- moving from the deep ocean to the coast
Meteotsunamis frequently occur in the Mediterranean, the Baltic Sea, the east coast and Great Lakes of North America, and Japan, so they are not exclusive to the United Kingdom (UK)
Summary
Can be identified up to 15 days in advance (Met Office, 2015) and with increasing confidence, closer to the coast as the low-pressure system develops. UK meteotsunamis: a revision and update on events it should be noted that the difference example, Draper and Bownass (1982) con- UK Meteotsunamis – historical between a 1-in-10 and a 1-in-200 sea level return period in UK coastal waters can be sider the long period, high-amplitude waves and surges of February 1979 to have been events as low as 30cm
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