Naslov
Adriatic meteotsunamis: a review and future research directions

Autori
Vilibić, Ivica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Skup
International Symposium on Meteotsunamis: 30th Anniversary of the Great Flood of Vela Luka (21 June 1978)

Mjesto i datum
Vela Luka, Hrvatska, 19.06.2008. - 21.06.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Meteotsunamis; Adriatic

Sažetak
Although being rare and limited in some coastal regions, bays and harbours, a number of destructive meteotsunamis occurred in the Adriatic in the last few decades. The most known and most intense meteotsunami occurred on 21 June 1978 in Vela Luka, with a height of about 6 metres. Quite recently, on 22 August 2007, a 4-m high meteotsunami stroke the Bay of Široka at the Island of Ist, damaging boats, flooding a number of houses and injuring one person. However, the middle Adriatic meteotsunami of 27 June 2003, in which a part of the cities of Stari Grad and Mali Ston were flooded and a large damage occurred on shellfish farms in Mali Ston Bay, triggered extensive scientific investigations of this phenomenon, both in atmosphere and in the sea. Numerical modelling has been applied and the events have been successfully reproduced, enabling an adequate interpretation of the generating mechanisms and ocean dynamics. Idealised studies were performed too, increasing our knowledge about the phenomenon. However, a lack of high-resolution pressure measurements is limiting quantitative analyses, and also a verification of the atmospheric models which recently become capable to reproduce the source of the Adriatic meteotsunamis. That is a way how to proceed with the research: (i) increase a number of high-resolution microbarograph and tide gauge stations, (ii) investigate the source of the phenomenon through extensive meteorological analyses and by applying advanced mesoscale models, (iii) reproducing the meteotsunami events at sea by using high-resolution and fine-grid ocean numerical models, and (iv) defining the regions of hazard and assessing the risks, and implementing advanced procedure on the existing measurements in order to enable the forecasts of a meteotsunami and establishment of meteotsunami warning system.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija

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