Marine storms in coastal tourist areas of the Canary Islands

Amalia Yanes Luque (), José A. Rodríguez-Báez, Pablo Máyer Suárez, Pedro Dorta Antequera, Abel López-Díez, Jaime Díaz-Pacheco and Emma Pérez-Chacón
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Amalia Yanes Luque: University of La Laguna (ULL)
José A. Rodríguez-Báez: University of La Laguna (ULL)
Pablo Máyer Suárez: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)
Pedro Dorta Antequera: University of La Laguna (ULL)
Abel López-Díez: University of La Laguna (ULL)
Jaime Díaz-Pacheco: University of La Laguna (ULL)
Emma Pérez-Chacón: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2021, vol. 109, issue 1, No 55, 1297-1325

Abstract: Abstract The small island areas oriented to coastal tourism are highly vulnerable to marine storms, given the fluctuation of this economic sector and the increase in its exposure due to the increasing anthropogenic presence on the coastline. In this context, the storms between 1958 and 2017 are studied here in the most important tourist enclaves of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, located in the municipalities of Arona and Adeje (SW of Tenerife) and in San Bartolomé de Tirajana and Mogán (S-SW of Gran Canaria). In order to perform the analysis, wave data from State Ports (Spain) (SIMAR-44 nodes, Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of Spain) are used. A statistical study of the phenomena can help establish a threshold for the identification of a marine storm based on a significant wave height (Hs) of 2.7 m in Arona and Adeje and 1.7 m in San Bartolomé de Tirajana and Mogán. The application of this threshold identified 144 episodes in the SW of Tenerife and 154 in the S-SW of Gran Canaria. Their behavior is examined from, on the one hand, the duration, seasonality, type of waves and degree of severity that characterizes them; and, on the other, from the state of the atmosphere that concurs in its genesis by means of the Wetterzentrale synoptic maps. Finally, a first assessment of the effects of these stormy phenomena is made using local press reports on drowning, damage to urban furniture and port infrastructures and loss of sand on the beaches.

Keywords: Marine storm; Swell/sea; Danger; Storm Power Index (SPI); Tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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