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Santos Harbor Metropolitan Area (SHMA) in São Paulo Coastline (Brazil) is the most important marine cargo transfer terminal in the Southern Hemisphere. In previous studies, the authors showed how this area is subject to climate changes determining, in the long run, a sea level rise and, as a consequence, a consistent impact on the global sea level rise and subsidence. In this research, a further and innovative analysis of a long-term-wave database (1957–2002) generated from a comparison between wave data modeled on a “deep water model” (ERA-40 Wave model—ECMWF) and wave data measured by a coastal buoy, over the years 1982–1984, in SHMA littoral (São Paulo State, Brazil) was carried out. The calibration coefficients, according to angular sectors of the wave direction, were obtained by comparing the measured data with the modeled data and applying them to the original scenarios using a near-shore wave model (MIKE21). The analysis of the wave climate changes on the extreme storm surge wave conditions, selecting cases of \(H_{\text {s}}\) \(> 3.0\) m and using that virtual database, has shown an increase in the wave significant height (\(H_{\text {s}}\) ) and in the wave peak period (\(T_{\text {p}}\) ) and also in the frequency of storm surge events in the last decades. Considering the increase in the sea hazards and the high values of the facilities and infrastructures in SHMA, it is necessary to minimize the risks. Hence, the adaptation policies linked to climate changes which determine an impact on storm surges either for the SHMA or for São Paulo coastal area are highlighted on the basis of the results obtained by the authors.
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This paper has the financial support of CAPES, Human Resources Improvement Agency of Brazilian Government. This paper has the scientific support of CPTEC (Centro de Previsao de Tempo e Estudos Climaticos – Brazil) for the access at the ERA-40 Wave model – ECMWF.
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Alfredini, P., Arasaki, E., Pezzoli, A. et al. Exposure of Santos Harbor Metropolitan Area (Brazil) to Wave and Storm Surge Climate Changes. Water Qual Expo Health 6, 73–88 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-014-0109-7
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