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Assessing storm surge model performance: what error indicators can measure the model's skill?
Rodrigo Campos-Caba
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences (CIRSA), University of Bologna, 48123 Ravenna, Italy
Jacopo Alessandri
Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences (CIRSA), University of Bologna, 48123 Ravenna, Italy
Paula Camus
Departamento de Ciencias y Técnicas del Agua y del Medio Ambiente, University of Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain
Andrea Mazzino
Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, 16145 Genoa, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
Francesco Ferrari
Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genoa, 16145 Genoa, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genoa, Italy
Ivan Federico
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Michalis Vousdoukas
Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mitilene, Greece
MV Coastal and Climate Research Ltd, 3046 Limassol, Cyprus
Massimo Tondello
HS Marine SrL, 35027 Noventa Padovana, Italy
Lorenzo Mentaschi
Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences (CIRSA), University of Bologna, 48123 Ravenna, Italy
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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Short summary
Here we show the development of high-resolution simulations of storm surge in the northern Adriatic Sea employing different atmospheric forcing data and physical configurations. Traditional metrics favor a simulation forced by a coarser database and employing a less sophisticated setup. Closer examination allows us to identify a baroclinic model forced by a high-resolution dataset as being better able to capture the variability and peak values of the storm surge.
Here we show the development of high-resolution simulations of storm surge in the northern...
