TY - JOUR
T1 - Catalogue of extreme wave events in Ireland
T2 - Revised and updated for 14680 BP to 2017
AU - O'Brien, Laura
AU - Renzi, Emiliano
AU - Dudley, John M.
AU - Clancy, Colm
AU - Dias, Frédéric
N1 - Funding Information: This work was funded by the ERC under the research project ERC-2011-AdG 290562-MULTIWAVE and ERC-2013-PoC 632198-WAVEMEASUREMENT. This study was also funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under the research project “Understanding Extreme Nearshore Wave Events through Studies of Coastal Boulder Transport” (14/US/E3111). The authors are grateful to ESBI for sharing the Killard wave measurements and would like to thank Teledyne R & D and Brian McConnell from GSI for their useful contributions. Thanks also to Sarah Gallagher for her helpful comments on the paper and to Emily Gleeson for providing data on the Kinsale Energy gas platform. In addition, the authors thank Kathy Gordan from the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) for providing high-frequency tide gauge recordings and Seamus Caulfield and Gretta Byrne for providing information on the damage caused in Co. Mayo during the 2014 storms. Thanks also to many people who passed on information and eyewitness accounts of wave events, including David Long from the British Geological Survey, Paul Wignall from the University of Leeds, Sean Dineen from University College Dublin, Caroline from the Dunbeg Fort and Visitor Centre, Jim Hurley and Clive Hawkins.
PY - 2018/3/6
Y1 - 2018/3/6
N2 - This paper aims to extend and update the survey of extreme wave events in Ireland that was previously carried out by O'Brien et al. (2013). The original catalogue highlighted the frequency of such events dating back as far as the turn of the last ice age and as recent as 2012. Ireland's marine territory extends far beyond its coastline and is one of the largest seabed territories in Europe. It is therefore not surprising that extreme waves have continued to occur regularly since 2012, particularly considering the severity of weather during the winters of 2013-2014 and 2015-2016. In addition, a large number of storm surges have been identified since the publication of the original catalogue. This paper updates the O'Brien et al. (2013) catalogue to include events up to the end of 2017. Storm surges are included as a new category and events are categorised into long waves (tsunamis and storm surges) and short waves (storm and rogue waves). New results prior to 2012 are also included and some of the events previously documented are reclassified. Important questions regarding public safety, services and the influence of climate change are also highlighted. An interactive map has been created to allow the reader to navigate through events: https://drive.google.com/open?idCombining double low line19cZ59pDHfDnXKYIziYAVWV6AfoEamp;uspCombining double low linesharing.
AB - This paper aims to extend and update the survey of extreme wave events in Ireland that was previously carried out by O'Brien et al. (2013). The original catalogue highlighted the frequency of such events dating back as far as the turn of the last ice age and as recent as 2012. Ireland's marine territory extends far beyond its coastline and is one of the largest seabed territories in Europe. It is therefore not surprising that extreme waves have continued to occur regularly since 2012, particularly considering the severity of weather during the winters of 2013-2014 and 2015-2016. In addition, a large number of storm surges have been identified since the publication of the original catalogue. This paper updates the O'Brien et al. (2013) catalogue to include events up to the end of 2017. Storm surges are included as a new category and events are categorised into long waves (tsunamis and storm surges) and short waves (storm and rogue waves). New results prior to 2012 are also included and some of the events previously documented are reclassified. Important questions regarding public safety, services and the influence of climate change are also highlighted. An interactive map has been created to allow the reader to navigate through events: https://drive.google.com/open?idCombining double low line19cZ59pDHfDnXKYIziYAVWV6AfoEamp;uspCombining double low linesharing.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043226196&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5194/nhess-18-729-2018
DO - 10.5194/nhess-18-729-2018
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85043226196
SN - 1561-8633
VL - 18
SP - 729
EP - 758
JO - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
JF - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
IS - 3
ER -