Meteotsunamis and other anomalous “tidal surge” events in Western Europe in Summer 2022

• Published in: Physics of Fluids
• Main Authors: Renzi, E., Bergin, C., Kokina, T., Pelaez-Zapata, D, S, Giles, D., Dias, Frédéric
• Other Authors: Loughborough University, University College Dublin Dublin (UCD), CB - Centre Borelli - UMR 9010 (CB), Service de Santé des Armées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris Saclay)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), University College of London London (UCL)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [PHYS.MECA.MEFL]Physics [physics]/Mechanics [physics]/Fluid mechanics [physics.class-ph]; Volna; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04544249; https://hal.science/hal-04544249/document; https://hal.science/hal-04544249/file/046605_1_5.0139220.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0139220

International audience We investigate occurrences of anomalous tidal activity in coastal waters of north-west Europe during Summer 2022. Sightings of an anomalous “tidal surge” occurred on 18 June 2022 in Wales, followed by similar observations in Ireland, France, and Spain. Several anomalous long-w...