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Monserrat et al. 1998

Monserrat, S., Rabinovich, A.B. and Casas, B. (1998). On the reconstruction of the transfer function for atmospherically generated seiches. Geophysical Research Letters 25: doi: 10.1029/98GL01506. issn: 0094-8276.

A method recently proposed to separate source and topographic effects in observed tsunami spectra is revised and applied to atmospherically generated seiches. The method is used to investigate the origin of abnormal seiche events ('rissaga waves') recorded in the region of Ciutadella, Balearic Islands. The reconstructed open-sea source spectra and the observed atmospheric pressure spectra are combined to estimate the 'transfer function' between the atmosphere and the sea surface. This function is used to predict sea level spectra for given locations near to the coast. Theoretically computed spectra for two 'rissaga' events are in good agreement with observations. ¿ 1998 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Oceanography, Physical, Tsunamis and storm surges, Oceanography, Physical, Surface waves and tides, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Waves and tides, Oceanography, General, Continental shelf processes

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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