Meteorological Tsunamis: The U.S. East Coast and Other Coastal Regions

Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Meteorological tsunamis on the US East Coast and in other regions of the World Ocean....Pages 1-9
Meteotsunami forecasting: sensitivities demonstrated by the 2008 Boothbay, Maine, event....Pages 11-23
Atmospheric processes responsible for generation of the 2008 Boothbay meteotsunami....Pages 25-53
Atmospheric mesoscale conditions during the Boothbay meteotsunami: a numerical sensitivity study using a high-resolution mesoscale model....Pages 55-74
Meteotsunami in the Great Lakes and on the Atlantic coast of the United States generated by the “derecho” of June 29–30, 2012....Pages 75-107
High-frequency radar observations of the June 2013 US East Coast meteotsunami....Pages 109-122
A framework for the probabilistic analysis of meteotsunamis....Pages 123-142
Tidal influence on high frequency harbor oscillations in a narrow entrance bay....Pages 143-153
The Lake Michigan meteotsunamis of 1954 revisited....Pages 155-177
Sea level surges of June 2011 in the NE Atlantic Ocean: observations and possible interpretation....Pages 179-196
Recent observations of meteotsunamis on the Finnish coast....Pages 197-215
Assessing meteotsunami potential of high-frequency air pressure oscillations observed in the middle Adriatic....Pages 217-232
Abiki oscillations in Sakitsu Bay, west Kyushu, Japan....Pages 233-250
The Dwarskersbos, South Africa local tsunami of August 27, 1969: field survey and simulation as a meteorological event....Pages 251-268
Simultaneous meteorological tsunamis and storm surges at Buenos Aires coast, southeastern South America....Pages 269-280
Observations of meteorological tsunamis along the south-west Australian coast....Pages 281-303