Numerical modelling of the destructive meteotsunami of 15 June, 2006 on the coast of the Balearic Islands

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 2169-2195

  Vilibić, Ivica ^a   Monserrat, Sebastià ^b,c   Rabinovich, Alexander ^d,e   Mihanović, Hrvoje ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean coupling; Balearic Islands; Ciutadella Harbour; Harbour oscillations; Meteotsunami; Numerical modelling; Proudman resonance; Rissaga

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EIGENVALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TSUNAMI EVENT; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; CIUDADELA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 59549091770     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0426-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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