The book encompasses a set of papers on meteorological tsunamis covering various aspects on
this rare but potentially destructive multiresonant phenomenon. Altogether an editorial and 15
contributions are part of this book eight of the contributions deal with different aspects of
meteotsunamis along the U.S. East Coast and in the region of the Great Lakes including one
paper introducing a new methodology in meteotsunami research. Seven more papers are documenting
meteotsunamis in various coastal areas of the world oceans. All continents except Antarctica
have been covered with the authors representing 11 countries.Previously Published in Natural
Hazards Volume 74 No. 1 2014
