...This refers to the phenomenon in which the sea level rises significantly due to a strong low pressure system such as a typhoon, and can cause damage to coasts. It is also called a storm tsunami, a wind tsunami, or a meteorological tsunami. Compared to tsunamis, which also cause direct damage to coastal areas, tsunamis are primarily caused by crustal movements on the seabed, and there are clear differences in terms of time scale, such as the fact that storm surges last for one to two hours or more, while the latter have a period of a few minutes to at most one hour. *Some of the terminology that refers to "meteotsunami" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…台風など強い低気圧によって海面が甚だしく上昇する現象をいい,沿岸に被害をもたらすことがある。暴風津波,風津波,気象津波などということもある。同じく沿岸地方に直接災害をもたらす津波と比べると,まず,生成のうえで津波はおもに海底での地殻変動によるものであり,時間スケールについて見ると,高潮が1~2時間あるいはそれ以上にわたるのに対して,後者は数分からたかだか1時間程度の周期をもつなど明らかな違いがある。… ※「気象津波」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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