meteotsunami

See also: météotsunami and météo-tsunami

English

Etymology

Blend of meteorological +‎ tsunami.

Noun

meteotsunami (plural meteotsunamis)

2. (oceanography, meteorology) A tsunami-like wave of meteorological origin.

   Synonym: meteorological tsunami

   • 1998 June 15, S Monserrat, “On the reconstruction of the transfer function for atmospherically generated seiches”, in Geophysical Research Letters, volume 25, number 12, page 2197:

     These surface waves are associated with two ma- jor sources of forcing: seismic activity (tsunamis) and atmospheric disturbances (meteotsunami).

Related terms

• ice tsunami
• megatsunami
• tsunami

 

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 氣象海嘯／气象海啸 (hei³ zoeng⁶ hoi² siu³)

  Mandarin: 氣象海嘯／气象海啸 (qìxiàng hǎixiào)

• Finnish: meteotsunami
• French: météotsunami (fr), tsunami météorologique (fr)
• Italian: marrubio
• Polish: meteotsunami (pl) n
• Sicilian: marrubbiu

See also

• ice shove
• seiche
• storm surge