Papers by Kevin Horsburgh
Reviews of Geophysics, 2019
Scientists and engineers have observed for some time that tidal amplitudes at many locations are ... more Scientists and engineers have observed for some time that tidal amplitudes at many locations are shifting considerably due to nonastronomical factors. Here we review comprehensively these important changes in tidal properties, many of which remain poorly understood. Over long geological time scales, tectonic processes drive variations in basin size, depth, and shape and hence the resonant properties of ocean basins. On shorter geological time scales, changes in oceanic tidal properties are dominated by variations in water depth. A growing number of studies have identified widespread, sometimes regionally coherent, positive, and negative trends in tidal constituents and levels during the 19th, 20th, and early 21st centuries. Determining the causes is challenging because a tide measured at a coastal gauge integrates the effects of local, regional, and oceanic changes. Here, we highlight six main factors that can cause changes in measured tidal statistics on local scales and a further ...
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Scientific data, 2015
Coastal flooding caused by extreme sea levels can be devastating, with long-lasting and diverse c... more Coastal flooding caused by extreme sea levels can be devastating, with long-lasting and diverse consequences. Historically, the UK has suffered major flooding events, and at present 2.5 million properties and £150 billion of assets are potentially exposed to coastal flooding. However, no formal system is in place to catalogue which storms and high sea level events progress to coastal flooding. Furthermore, information on the extent of flooding and associated damages is not systematically documented nationwide. Here we present a database and online tool called 'SurgeWatch', which provides a systematic UK-wide record of high sea level and coastal flood events over the last 100 years (1915-2014). Using records from the National Tide Gauge Network, with a dataset of exceedance probabilities and meteorological fields, SurgeWatch captures information of 96 storms during this period, the highest sea levels they produced, and the occurrence and severity of coastal flooding. The data...
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Weather, 2006
... Weston-super-mare Baptista, MA, Miranda, PMA, Miranda, JM and Mendes-Victor, L. (1998) The 17... more ... Weston-super-mare Baptista, MA, Miranda, PMA, Miranda, JM and Mendes-Victor, L. (1998) The 1755 Lisbon tsunami: evalua-tion of the tsunami ... J Ernest Benn, London Bryant, EA and Haslett, SK (2002) Was the AD1607 coastal flooding event in the Severn Estuary and Bristol ...
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