Impact of Flash Flood Events on the Coastal Waters Around Madeira Island: The “Land Mass Effect”

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Rosa, Alexandra, Cardoso, Claudio, Vieira, Rui, Faria, Ricardo, Oliveira, Ana R., Navarro, Gabriel, Caldeira, Rui
• Other Authors: Observatório Oceânico da Madeira, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media 2022
• Subjects: Oceanic island; Island Mass Effect; Extreme precipitation; Flash floods; Small mountainous rivers; River plumes dynamics; Coupled numerical modeling; Hydrological modeling; Eastern Island; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/268095; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.749638; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871

The Island Mass Effect has been primarily attributed to nutrient enhancement of waters surrounding oceanic islands due to physical processes, whereas the role of land runoff has seldom been considered. Land runoff can be particularly relevant in mountainous islands, highly susceptible to torrential...