Open AccessStorm surge development in the Southern North Sea and the Elbe river in Europe during the last century and its practical application
Author(s) -
Gabriele Gönnert,
Winfried Siefert
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v48i4.4317
Subject(s) - storm surge , storm , surge , climatology , dike , environmental science , crest , water level , geology , meteorology , oceanography , geography , physics , geochemistry , quantum mechanics , cartography
. The development of storm surges during the last century in the European North Sea and the Elbe River is presented. The results show an increase in the number of the storm tides and the storm surge curves, but no increase in the level. The reason for the increase of the storm surge curves - especially those with more than one storm tide crest - must be an increase of the wind duration. With the analyses of the storm surge curve and the storm surge peak, it is possible to calculate the design dike level.