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Reconstruction of wind and surge of the 1906 storm tide at the German North Sea coast
Elke Magda Inge Meyer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems, Geesthacht,
21502, Germany
Ralf Weisse
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems, Geesthacht,
21502, Germany
Iris Grabemann
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems, Geesthacht,
21502, Germany
Birger Tinz
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hamburg, 20359, Germany
Robert Scholz
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Hamburg, 20359, Germany
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Leipzig, 04288, Germany
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The severe storm tide of 13 March 1906 is still one of the most severe storm events for the East Frisian coast. Water levels from this event are considered for designing dike lines. For the first time, we investigate this event with a hydrodynamic model by forcing with atmospheric data from 147 ensemble members from century reanalysis projects and a manual reconstruction of the synoptic situation. Water levels were notably high due to a coincidence of high spring tides and high surge.
The severe storm tide of 13 March 1906 is still one of the most severe storm events for the East...
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