Journal
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
Volume 8, Issue 6, Pages 1217-1228Publisher
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-1217-2008
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- CIRCE Climate Change and Impact Research: The Mediterranean Environment [TST5-CT-2007-036961]
- FLOODsite Global Change and Ecosystems: Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies [GOCE-CT-2004505420]
- MARIE Modelling and Assimilation for RofI Environments. Limits of Predictability [MTKD-CT-2004-014509]
- European projects
- RIMA Hacia una reduccion de riesgos maritimos usando modelado de alta resolucion, MEC [TRA2006-05132/TMAR]
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This paper reviews the characterization of wave storms along the Spanish/Catalan Mediterranean coast. It considers the physical and statistical description of wave parameters and how they are affected by the prevailing meteo patterns and the sharp gradients in orography and bathymetry. The available field data and numerically simulated wave fields are discussed from this perspective. The resulting limits in accuracy and predictability are illustrated with specific examples. This allows deriving some conclusions for both short-term operational predictions and a long-term climatic assessment.
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