RT journal article
T1 A Pan-European high resolution storm surge hindcast
A1 Fernández-Montblanc, Tomás
A1 Vousdoukas, Michalis Ioannis
A1 Mentaschi, Lorenzo
A1 Ciavola, Paolo
A2 Ciencias de la Tierra
K1 Storm surge
K1 Coastal flooding
K1 Marine storms
K1 Natural hazards
K1 Numerical modelling
AB This contribution presents the high-resolution Pan-European storm surge (SSL) dataset, ANYEU-SSL, produced with the SCHISM circulation model. The dataset covers 40 years (1979–2018) of SSL data along the European coastline with 3-hour temporal resolution and has been extensively validated for the period spanning from 1979 to 2016, considering the whole time series, as well as for the extreme SSL values. Validation against tidal gauge data shows an average RMSE of 0.10 m, and RMSE below 0.12 m in 75% of the tidal gauges. Comparisons with satellite altimetry data show average RMSE of 0.07 m. SSL trends are estimated as an example of a potential application case of the dataset. The results indicate an overall latitudinal gradient in the trend of the extreme storm surge magnitude for the period 1979–2016. SSLs appear to increase in areas with latitudes >50 °N and to decrease in the lower latitudes. Additionally, a seasonal variation of the extreme SSL, particularly strong in the northern areas, has been observed. The dataset is publicly available and aspires to provide the scientific community with an important data source for the study of storm surge phenomena and consequential impacts, either on large or local scales.
PB Elsevier
SN 0160-4120
YR 2020
FD 2020-02
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34898
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34898
LA eng
NO European Union
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026