Meteotsunamis or meteorological tsunamis are globally occurring progressive shallow water waves with a period of between 2 to 120 minutes which results from an air-sea interaction. They tend to be initiated by sudden pressure changes and wind stress from moving atmospheric systems with sources ranging from convective clouds, cyclones, squalls, thunderstorms, atmospheric gravity waves and strong mi ...[Read More]
When the atmosphere moves the sea: Meteotsunami waves
Figure 1: The generation and evolution of a meteotsunami, adapted from Monserrat 2006. A wave is generated by a pressure jump or wind stress and is amplified by processes such as Proudman resonance; shelf amplification; and harbour resonance as shown (NOAA, 2014).