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Area of Science:

  • * Oceanography and Coastal Science
  • * Climate Change Impact Assessment
  • * Natural Hazard Analysis

Background:

  • * Over 10% of the global population resides in low elevation coastal zones, facing significant threats from coastal wave storms.
  • * Coastal infrastructure and developments, valued in the trillions of dollars, are vulnerable to storm impacts.
  • * A comprehensive understanding of global wind-wave storminess is crucial for effective coastal management and risk reduction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To conduct a world-first assessment of wind-wave storminess along the global coastline.
  • * To rank coastal regions based on storm intensity and frequency.
  • * To develop a novel metric for classifying global coastal wave storminess.

Main Methods:

  • * Utilized a ~40-year wave hindcast dataset for global coastline analysis.
  • * Ranked coastal regions by key storm characteristics: intensity and frequency.
  • * Developed a holistic classification of global coastlines based on wave environments and a new storminess metric.

Main Results:

  • * Northwestern Europe and Southwestern South America exhibit the most intense storms on average.
  • * The Yellow Sea, and South African and Namibian coasts experience the most frequent storms.
  • * A latitudinal gradient in storminess was observed, with Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, Chile, and Australia showing the highest degrees, while Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Myanmar showed the lowest.

Conclusions:

  • * The study provides a novel classification of global coastal wave storminess.
  • * Identified regional variations in storm intensity and frequency highlight specific vulnerabilities.
  • * Findings offer critical data for coastal adaptation strategies and risk assessment worldwide.