Storm surges in the Arabian Gulf |
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Authors: | M. I. El-Sabh T. S. Murty |
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Affiliation: | (1) Département d'Océanographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300, av. des Ursulines, G5L 3Al Rimouski, Québec, Canada;(2) Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, V8L 4B2 Sidney, B.C., Canada |
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Abstract: | The storm surge phenomenon in the Arabian Gulf, including the Strait of Hormuz, is discussed with particular emphasis on the development of mathematical models for prediction purposes. The Gulf is mainly influenced by extra-tropical weather systems, whereas the region south of the Strait of Hormuz is affected by tropical cyclones. The west-to-east directed extra-tropical cyclone tracks and the generally east-to-west directed tropical cyclone tracks converge near the Strait of Hormuz. A meso-scale weather system that deserves special attention in prescribing the meteorological forcing functions is the so-called winter Shamal. A two-dimensional numerical model is developed to study the storm surges in the Arabian Gulf. The results show that the Gulf is subject to major negative and positive storm surges. Strong winds associated with the Shamal system, coupled with atmospheric pressure gradients, topography and tidal effects, can give rise to water level deviations of several meters. Storm surges observed during the period 17–19 January 1973 show that negative values in the 0.5 to 1.0m range were widespread in the Gulf. |
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Keywords: | Storm surge Arabian Gulf modelling Shamal weather system |
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