Where Local Matters: Impacts of a Major North Sea Storm Surge. Issue 30 (29th July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Spencer, Thomas; Brooks, Susan M.; Möller, Iris; Evans, Ben R.
• Is Part Of: Eos. Volume 95:Issue 30(2014)
• Page Start: 269
• Page End: 270
• Publication Date: 2014-07-29
• Subjects: Geophysics -- Periodicals; 551
• DOI: 10.1002/2014EO300002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0096-3941

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="eost2014EO300002-para-0001">Storm surge impacts on low‐lying coasts threaten vulnerable human communities on a global scale. On 5–6 December 2013, the margins of the southern North Sea experienced the most significant storm surge in 60 years. Detailed ground surveys immediately following the surge documented considerable variability in inundation levels, with implications for surge forecasting and societal responses to extreme coastal floods.</p> </abstract>