Abstract Taking into consideration the changing climate, researchers are mainly interested in measuring this change in many different sectors. Regarding the coastal areas, the effects are related inter alias to the sea level rise, but also the increase and the severity of storms incidence. In conjunction with the astronomical tide, coastal storms can cause extreme wave runup and overtopping phenomena in ports, and coastal structures, the consequences of which may be disastrous, mainly affecting the operation and the reliability of infrastructure. Consequently, the analysis of coastal storms is necessary for any future technical study in coastal engineering, for the design of port and coastal structures and the coastal management also. Coastal storms as multivariate and extreme events necessitate a detailed and multivariate analysis of many parameters. This work aims to review and highlight the most significant issues in coastal storm analysis, to summarise the knowledge and the current trends of coastal storms research, by exploring the scientific background through a literature overview. A guiding framework of storm analysis should include the most important aspects of this work which are: the coastal storm definition, the description of their severity, the understanding of the synoptic systems formation, the storm surges and the time-series analysis, the thresholds for their identification, the impacts, their classification, and finally the impacts of coastal storms on coastal human population.

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沿海风暴分析的关键研究问题

摘要 考虑到气候的变化，研究人员主要对测量许多不同部门的这种变化感兴趣。对于沿海地区，影响除其他外与海平面上升有关，但也与风暴发生率的增加和严重程度有关。与天文潮一起，沿海风暴会在港口和沿海结构中造成极端的波浪爬升和漫顶现象，其后果可能是灾难性的，主要影响基础设施的运行和可靠性。因此，海岸风暴的分析对于未来海岸工程的任何技术研究、港口和海岸结构的设计以及海岸管理都是必要的。沿海风暴作为多变量和极端事件需要对许多参数进行详细和多变量分析。这项工作旨在通过文献综述探索科学背景，回顾和突出沿海风暴分析中最重要的问题，总结沿海风暴研究的知识和当前趋势。风暴分析的指导框架应包括这项工作最重要的方面，即：沿海风暴定义、对其严重性的描述、对天气系统形成的理解、风暴潮和时间序列分析、它们的识别、影响、分类，最后是沿海风暴对沿海人口的影响。这项工作旨在通过文献综述探索科学背景，回顾和突出沿海风暴分析中最重要的问题，总结沿海风暴研究的知识和当前趋势。风暴分析的指导框架应包括这项工作最重要的方面，即：沿海风暴定义、对其严重性的描述、对天气系统形成的理解、风暴潮和时间序列分析、它们的识别、影响、分类，最后是沿海风暴对沿海人口的影响。这项工作旨在通过文献综述探索科学背景，回顾和突出沿海风暴分析中最重要的问题，总结沿海风暴研究的知识和当前趋势。风暴分析的指导框架应包括这项工作最重要的方面，即：沿海风暴定义、对其严重性的描述、对天气系统形成的理解、风暴潮和时间序列分析、它们的识别、影响、分类，最后是沿海风暴对沿海人口的影响。