Prediction of storm surges using vertical pendulums

1 January 1979

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Vol. 13 (1) , 245-252
https://doi.org/10.1080/03091927908243773

Abstract

The additional water mass of a storm surge influences tilt measurements inland from the sea in the same way as marine tides influence earth tidal measurements: they cause a deflection of the local vertical as well as a tilt of the crustal surface. Cross-correlations have been carried out to determine the influence of non-tidal sea level variations on the 3 vertical pendulums in use. The measured tilt precedes the surge in the German Bay by up to 12 hours. Tiltmeter records have been used to simulate a forecast of the historical storm surge series of Nov./Dec. 1973. All 9 storm surges within this period could be predicted remarkably well.

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