Storms or cold fronts: what is really responsible for the extreme waves  regime in the Colombian Caribbean coastal region?

Otero, L. J.; Ortiz-Royero, J. C.; Ruiz-Merchan, J. K.; Higgins, A. E.; Henriquez, S. A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-391-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-391-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-391-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

Research article

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08 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 08 Feb 2016

Storms or cold fronts: what is really responsible for the extreme waves regime in the Colombian Caribbean coastal region?

L. J. Otero, J. C. Ortiz-Royero, J. K. Ruiz-Merchan, A. E. Higgins, and S. A. Henriquez

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Final revised paper (published on 08 Feb 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 04 May 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C878: 'Review nhess-2015-121 Othero et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Jun 2015
- AC C2204: 'Answer Referee No 1', LUIS OTERO, 07 Nov 2015
RC C1811: 'REVIWER COMMENTS', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Sep 2015
- RC C1863: 'Final Reviewer Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Sep 2015
- AC C2207: 'Answer Referee No 2', LUIS OTERO, 07 Nov 2015

Short summary

The extreme waves caused by tropical cyclones and cold fronts have different effects along the Colombian Caribbean coast. Storms and hurricanes are of greater importance in the northern region of the Colombian Caribbean coast. In the central and the southern region, the strong influence of cold fronts on extreme waves is evident. In the islands of San Andrés and Providencia, the extreme waves generated by cold fronts have lower return periods than the extreme waves associated with hurricanes.