none 10.1080/14634988.2020.1807303 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management Society Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management Society 54574 119852658 4676 2022020322591969300 10.65087 2025-10-07T21:19:33Z 2020-09-24T09:49:06Z 1 Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 1463-4988 1539-4077 10 01 2020 23 4 Letizia Lusito University of Salento, Lecce (LE), Italy Antonio Francone Polytechnic of Bari, Bari, Italy Davide Strafella University of Salento, Lecce (LE), Italy Elisa Leone University of Salento, Lecce (LE), Italy Felice D’Alessandro University of Milan, Milan (MI), Italy Alessandra Saponieri University of Salento, Lecce (LE), Italy Samuele De Bartolo University of Salento, Lecce (LE), Italy Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio University of Salento, Lecce (LE), Italy Between the evening of October 23rd and the evening of October 24th 2017, a sea storm hit the city of Bari, along the Adriatic coast, in the south of Italy, causing widespread damages. Due to the absence of direct observations of wave characteristics, the present paper is aimed to (i) compare the development of the occurred sea storm as hindcasted by ’84 method with the predictions by atmosphere-ocean numerical models and satellite observations and (ii) estimate the most reliable value of the significant wave height, Hs, at the peak of the sea storm, with its associated return period. As a result, the ’84 showed the better agreement with the satellite observations in determining the value of Hs at the peak of the sea storm, compared with the predictions by more sophisticated atmosphere-ocean numerical models. 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