Severe flooding along the eastern Adriatic coast: the case of 1 December 2008

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Iva Međugorac, Miroslava Pasarić, Mirko Orlić]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Ocean Dynamics, 65/6(2015-06-01), 817-830
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a This paper addresses an extraordinary storm surge in the Northern Adriatic that was more pronounced on the eastern than on the western shore. On 1 December 2008, Adriatic monitoring stations detected exceptionally high sea levels; the oldest Croatian tide gauge station recorded the highest water level in its operating history at the time. Apart from the Northern Adriatic, large portion of the Dalmatian Coast was also exposed to high water levels, while Venice experienced a less-dramatic event. This marine storm was different from the capital storm of 4 November 1966 during which the surge had the highest impact ahead of Venice and along the north-western coastline. The 2008 event is studied here in detail, and the mechanisms that resulted in the different flooding of the two shores are identified. The study is based on hourly sea level, air pressure and wind data measured along both basin sides together with ECMWF reanalysis fields. Four components of sea-level evolution are identified: the storm surge, tide, Adriatic seiche and, low-frequency variability. The 2008 event was the outcome of a fine interplay between the first three components, which were all superimposed on the raised sea level due to low-frequency variability. The marine storm differed from the 1966 storm in the atmospheric forcing and relative timing of all contributing processes. The 2008 flooding of the eastern coast was mainly due to the Sirocco-wind shear, whereas the 1966 flooding of the western coast was due to the combined effect of almost uniform Sirocco and bottom slope. 
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700 1 |a Međugorac  |D Iva  |u Faculty of Science, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 95, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Pasarić  |D Miroslava  |u Faculty of Science, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 95, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Orlić  |D Mirko  |u Faculty of Science, Andrija Mohorovičić Geophysical Institute, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 95, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia  |4 aut 
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