Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · Italy
Bari and Catania universities coordinate study of Cyclone Harry's record Mediterranean waves
An international study coordinated by the University of Bari and the University of Catania, with input from Italy's National Research Council, identifies local factors that can amplify extreme storm surges.
Why it matters: Researchers at the universities of Bari and Catania and two National Research Council institutes report local factors that can intensify the effects of extreme storm surges.
According to Italy's National Research Council (CNR), a study coordinated by the University of Bari (UniBa) and the University of Catania examined the record waves caused by Cyclone Harry in the Mediterranean.
The CNR said it contributed to the international research through two of its institutes, IRBIM and ISAC, and that the work was published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
The CNR said the study combined atmospheric, oceanographic, geomorphological and seismological analyses of the event.
According to the CNR, the researchers identified local factors that can amplify the effects of extreme storm surges.
Editor’s view
Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor
The study, coordinated by the universities of Bari and Catania with two CNR institutes, reports local factors that can amplify extreme storm surges; if those factors are confirmed, assessments of coastal risk from such storms would need to take them into account.
