Are meteotsunamis an underrated hazard?

CB Pattiaratchi, EMS Wijeratne - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Meteotsunamis are generated by meteorological events, particularly moving pressure
disturbances due to squalls, thunderstorms, frontal passages and atmospheric gravity …

Natural hazards in Australia: sea level and coastal extremes

KL McInnes, CJ White, ID Haigh, MA Hemer, RK Hoeke… - Climatic change, 2016 - Springer
The Australian coastal zone encompasses tropical, sub-and extra-tropical climates and
accommodates about 80% of Australia's population. Sea level extremes and their physical …

The global drivers of chronic coastal flood hazards under sea‐level rise

BS Hague, S McGregor, DA Jones, R Reef… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first global estimates of annual average exceedances of contemporary
minor, moderate, and major flood levels under sea‐level rise (SLR). Applying established …

Climatic drivers of extreme sea level events along the coastline of Western Australia

RJ Lowe, MVW Cuttler, JE Hansen - Earth's Future, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate prediction of coastal flooding requires a detailed understanding of all individual
contributions to sea level variability and how they interact to trigger extreme sea level (ESL) …

Information for Australian impact and adaptation planning in response to sea-level rise

KL McInnes, J Church, D Monselesan… - Australian …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Sea levels along Australia's coastline are influenced by natural climate variability and anthro
pogenic climate change. Projections of sea-level rise (SLR) for 2090 for the Australian coast …

Develo** impact-based thresholds for coastal inundation from tide gauge observations

BS Hague, BF Murphy, DA Jones… - Journal of Southern …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
This study presents the first assessment of the observed frequency of the impacts of high sea
levels at locations along Australia's northern coastline. We used a new methodology to …

Validation of Sentinel-3A SAR mode sea level anomalies around the Australian coastal region

F Peng, X Deng - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mode sea level anomalies (SLAs) of Sentinel-
3A altimetry mission around the Australian coastal region were validated using eight in situ …

Observations of meteorological tsunamis along the south-west Australian coast

C Pattiaratchi, EMS Wijeratne - … Tsunamis: The US East Coast and Other …, 2015 - Springer
Tide gauge data were used to identify the occurrence, characteristics, and cause of tsunamis
of meteorological origin (termed 'meteotsunamis') along the Western Australian coast. This is …

[HTML][HTML] The role of wave setup on extreme water levels around Australia

Y Hetzel, I Janeković, C Pattiaratchi, I Haigh - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Estimates of extreme sea levels have mainly been derived using atmospheric and tidal
forcing only, but surface gravity waves are a key process that can cause a substantial …

Winter wave climate, storms and regional cycles: the SW Spanish Atlantic coast

N Rangel-Buitrago, G Anfuso Melfi - 2013 - rodin.uca.es
Climatic change-related impacts on coastal areas became an important issue in past
decades and nowadays threaten many human settlements and activities. Coastal hazards …