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30 Sep 2024
| OSR8 | Chapter 4.7
| 30 Sep 2024 | OSR8 | Chapter 4.7
Monitoring the record-breaking wave event in Melilla harbour (SW Mediterranean Sea)
Pablo Lorente
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Puertos del Estado, Madrid, 28042, Spain
Marta de Alfonso
Puertos del Estado, Madrid, 28042, Spain
Pilar Gil
Puertos del Estado, Madrid, 28042, Spain
Fernando Manzano
Puertos del Estado, Madrid, 28042, Spain
Anna Magdalena Matulka
Puertos del Estado, Madrid, 28042, Spain
Begoña Pérez-Gómez
Puertos del Estado, Madrid, 28042, Spain
Susana Pérez-Rubio
Puertos del Estado, Madrid, 28042, Spain
M. Isabel Ruiz
Puertos del Estado, Madrid, 28042, Spain
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Over recent decades, extreme weather events have attracted growing public concern due to their widespread impact on the environment and human well-being. Their comprehensive monitoring is crucial to adopt prevention strategies and reduce coastal vulnerability. In this work, the record-breaking wave event that hit Melilla harbour (SW Mediterranean Sea) during early April 2022 was investigated to elucidate the meteorological drivers and evaluate the energetic response of Melilla harbour basins.
Over recent decades, extreme weather events have attracted growing public concern due to their...
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