The rissaga of 15 June 2006 in Ciutadella (Menorca), a meteorological tsunami

Abstract. An extraordinary "rissaga" event (the local name for high-amplitude sea level oscillations) with 4–5 m of amplitude occurred on 15 June 2006 at Ciutadella (Menorca, Spain). In this paper we describe the rissaga event and propose that the meteorological mechanism responsible for it was an unusual pressure jump, associated with a convective squall line.

• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Advances in Geosciences

• Publication date

  2007-06-26

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5194/adgeo-12-1-2007
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

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• An unusual pressure jump associated with a convective squall line is proposed as the meteorological mechanism behind the event.

  Confidence 0.93

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• An extraordinary rissaga with 4-5 m amplitude occurred on 15 June 2006 at Ciutadella in Menorca.

  Confidence 0.98

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• ciutadella (menorca, spain)

  locations

  The coastal town in Menorca where the sea-level oscillation event was observed.

  Aliases: Ciutadella, Ciutadella, Menorca

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• convective squall line

  weather phenomena

  A line of intense convective storms that can produce abrupt wind and pressure changes.

  Aliases: squall line

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• meteorological tsunami

  phenomena

  A tsunami-like sea-level disturbance driven by atmospheric forcing rather than an earthquake.

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewAnonymous (12632b8b5f) reviewAK (4715169a40) review
• pressure jump

  atmospheric phenomena

  A sudden atmospheric pressure increase considered as a triggering disturbance in the event.

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• rissaga event

  events

  A local sea-level oscillation event in Ciutadella characterized by rapid, high-amplitude changes in water level.

  Aliases: rissaga

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