Kettle, Anthony James
(2018)
The North Sea surge of 31 October–1 November 2006
during Storm Britta.
Advances in Geosciences, 45.
pp. 273-279.
ISSN 1680-7340
Abstract
Offshore energy infrastructure, including the
petroleum and wind energy sectors, are susceptible to damage and interruption by extreme meteorological events. In
northwest Europe and especially the North Sea, these extreme meteorological events are mostly associated with severe storms in the autumn and winter seasons. In the North
Sea, storm surges have an impact on the offshore energy sector mainly from the flooding of port facilities and from strong
ocean currents causing extra structural loading and bottom
scouring. Storm Britta on 31 October–1 November 2006 was
an important North Sea storm with a high surge along the
coast of the Netherlands and Germany and a significant number of high wave reports. The paper presents an analysis
of the national tide gauge records of the United Kingdom,
the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark to spectrally isolate and reconstruct time series components corresponding
to the storm surge, semi-diurnal tide, and short period contribution. The semi-diurnal tides and storm surge during Storm
Britta are tracked counter-clockwise around the North Sea
from Scotland to northern Denmark. The storm surge was
remarkable for its pronounced peak in the coastal area between the Netherlands and Germany with no precedent in
the ∼ 100 year measurement record. The short period component of the tide gauge records show large oscillations during the height of the storm that may correspond with reports
of unusually high waves at nearby coastal locations.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
North Sea; surge; 31 October–1 November 2006;
Storm Britta; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
13249 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-273-2018 |
| Depositing User: |
Anthony Kettle
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| Date Deposited: |
17 Sep 2020 13:08 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Advances in Geosciences |
| Publisher: |
European Geosciences Union |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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