Reconstruction of the track and a simulation of the storm surge associated with the calamitous typhoon affecting the Pearl River Estuary in September 1874

Mok, Hing Yim; Lui, Wing Hong; Lau, Dick Shum; Woo, Wang Chun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-51-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-51-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-51-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 1

Research article

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09 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 09 Jan 2020

Reconstruction of the track and a simulation of the storm surge associated with the calamitous typhoon affecting the Pearl River Estuary in September 1874

Hing Yim Mok, Wing Hong Lui, Dick Shum Lau, and Wang Chun Woo

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RC1: 'referee report', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to the Referee Comments of Anonymous Referee #1 posted on 5 June 2019', Hing Yim Mok, 10 Jun 2019
RC2: 'refree #2 comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to the Referee Comments of Anonymous Referee #2 posted on 9 July 2019', Hing Yim Mok, 18 Jul 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (30 Jul 2019) by Hans Linderholm

AR by Hing Yim Mok on behalf of the Authors (20 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Sep 2019) by Hans Linderholm

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Oct 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (27 Oct 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (01 Nov 2019) by Hans Linderholm

AR by Hing Yim Mok on behalf of the Authors (08 Nov 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Nov 2019) by Hans Linderholm

AR by Hing Yim Mok on behalf of the Authors (22 Nov 2019) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Nov 2019) by Hans Linderholm

AR by Hing Yim Mok on behalf of the Authors (02 Dec 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Using available information from historical documents, the maximum storm surge and storm tide at Hong Kong during the passage of a typhoon in 1874 were determined by reconstructing the possible typhoon track and found to be higher than all existing records since the 1883 establishment of the Hong Kong Observatory. This reveals that a more detailed frequency analysis of extreme sea levels taking the 1874 typhoon into account is essential for realistic storm surge risk assessments in Hong Kong.