Group for research of sea level extremes

Submitted by moderator_US on Sat, 06/27/2020 - 12:23
University
University of Split
Faculty/school/department
Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Split
Size of the team
number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
3
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0
Composition of Joint Unit of Research, if relevant

Assistant professor Jadranka Šepić, jsepic@pmfst.hr, oceanic and atmospheric processes and modeling

Prof. dr. sc. Darko Koračin, dkoracin@pmfst.hr, weather and climate modeling, dispersion processes

Assistant professor Žarko Kovač, zkovac@pmfst.hr, oceanic processes, measurements and analytical modeling

 

PI
PI name
Jadranka Šepić
PI email
jsepic@pmfst.hr
PI bio

Dr. Jadranka Šepić is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Science, University of Split. She has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles, mostly focusing on research of high-frequency sea level extremes. Dr. Šepić has recently been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for the project SHExtremes which focuses on research of the high-frequency sea level extremes along the European coasts. Dr. Šepić has received several awards for her research work including the EGU Natural Hazards Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award.

Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
Jadranka Šepić
Contact person e-mail
jsepic@pmfst.hr
Short description of research profile

Within these group, contribution of under-researched sub-hourly sea level oscillations to the extreme sea levels along the European coasts is studied. High resolution 1-min sea level data, as well as reanalysis, hindcast and future simulations, are analyzed in order to: (i) assess present day distribution of sub-hourly sea level oscillations and estimating their contribution to the overall ESLs; (ii) link sub-hourly ESLs to typical synoptic conditions; (iii) estimate future strength and distribution of ESLs related to sub-hourly sea level oscillations.

Research area
NATURAL SCIENCES » Physical sciences and astronomy
NATURAL SCIENCES » Earth and related environmental sciences » (GC) GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS
NATURAL SCIENCES » Earth and related environmental sciences » (JA) ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
NATURAL SCIENCES » Earth and related environmental sciences » (QQ) METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Scientific Themes (keywords)
Meteorological tsunamis
sea level extremes
atmospheric gravity waves
seiche
ocean modelling
atmospheric modelling
Publications

Representative publications

Šepić J., Vilibić, I., Rabinovich, A. B., Monserrat, S., 2015. Widespread tsunami-like waves of 23-27 June in the Mediterranean and Black Seas generated by high-altitude atmospheric forcing. Scientific Reports, DOI: 10.1038/srep11682.
Šepić, J., Međugorac, I., Janeković, I., Dunić, N., Vilibić, I., 2016a. Multi-meteotsunami event in the Adriatic Sea generated by atmospheric disturbances of 25-26 June 2014. Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi: 10.1007/s00024-016-1249-4.
Šepić, J., Vilibić, I., Monserrat, S., 2016b. Quantifying probability of meteotsunami occurrence from synoptic atmospheric patterns. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, 10377-10384, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070754
Vilibić, I., Šepić J., 2017. Global mapping of nonseismic sea level oscillations at tsunami timescales. Scientific Reports, 7, 40818, doi: 10.1038/srep40818.
Vilibić, I., Šepić, J., Dunić, N., Sevault, F., Monserrat, S., Jordà, G., 2018. Proxy-based assessment of strength and frequency of meteotsunamis in future climate. Geophysical Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079566.  
Technology Expertise

Numerical atmospheric and ocean modeling on a dedicated HPC cluster (300 processors)