Coastal extreme sea levels in the Caribbean Sea induced  by tropical cyclones

Martín, Ariadna; Amores, Angel; Orfila, Alejandro; Toomey, Tim; Marcos, Marta

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-587-2023

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Coastal extreme sea levels in the Caribbean Sea induced by tropical cyclones

Ariadna Martín, Angel Amores, Alejandro Orfila, Tim Toomey, and Marta Marcos

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Return levels of Hs and SSE corresponding to 10, 50, 100, 200 and 500 years along all coastal grid points, along with the data (latitude, longitude, Rmax, minimum pressure and maximum wind speed) for the TC’s subsample, and the results (Maximum of SSE and Hs, Median of Tp and Dp) for all simulations Ariadna Martín, Angel Amores, Alejandro Orfila, Tim Toomey, and Marta Marcos https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7069110

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Tropical cyclones (TCs) are among the potentially most hazardous phenomena affecting the coasts of the Caribbean Sea. This work simulates the coastal hazards in terms of sea surface elevation and waves that originate through the passage of these events. A set of 1000 TCs have been simulated, obtained from a set of synthetic cyclones that are consistent with present-day climate. Given the large number of hurricanes used, robust values of extreme sea levels and waves are computed along the coasts.