STORM SURGES IN THE VICINITY OF THE WHITE SEA BIOLOGICAL STATION OF THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract
The residual oscillations of the sea level in the vicinity of the MSU Biological Station situated on the shore of a strait connecting two small water areas of the Kandalaksha Bay, i.e. the Great Salma and the Rugozero Guba were studied basing on the observation data of the sea level, air pressure and wind speed during summer and autumn months of 2008–2014. In autumn the change of summer atmospheric circulation to the winter type is accompanied with the intense cyclonic activity, thus increasing the non-tidal oscillations of the sea level. Particular attention is given to the description of surges, their spatial characteristics and their causes, such as the changes of air pressure, wind and barometric situation within the area of study. In certain cases the surges were analyzed using the observation data from both the White Sea Biological Station and other water gauge stations of the White Sea. The heights of surge waves vary from 0.20 to 0.47 m and their duration from 1 to 10 days. Three principal types of storm surge oscillations identified, namely barometric (caused by rather long decrease of the air pressure), wind-generated (resulting from the storm wind impact) and wave-induced (when a single wave comes).
About the Author
A. T. Kondrin
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Senior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Department of Oceanology
Russian Federation
Senior Research Scientist, PhD. in Geography; Faculty of Geography, Department of Oceanology
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Kondrin A.T. STORM SURGES IN THE VICINITY OF THE WHITE SEA BIOLOGICAL STATION OF THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2015;(6):96-107. (In Russ.)
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