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Climatology of severe storms affecting coastal areas of eastern Canada

Presents a study conducted to provide a set of worst storms for east coast regions, ranked by severity, and to classify the identified storms by type and season. The rationales behind the study were to provide a climatology of severe wave-producing storms and to identify the meteorological conditions associated with severe wave development for subsequent application of hindcast procedures and extreme value analysis in order to estimate design wave parameters. The region studied comprised the entire Canadian east coast from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Baffin Bay. A variety of data sources was assembled to allow identification of potentially severe wave events covering the period from 1946 to 1982. Storm selection is summarized and discussed for seven sub-regions of the study area, and storm data are given in an appendix. Climatology of severe storms is discussed in terms of temporal distribution, seasonal patterns of storm tracks, and regional storm classification.

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