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High impact weather and cyclones simultaneity in Catalonia
Title: High impact weather and cyclones simultaneity in Catalonia
Authors: Genovés, AnaAutor AEMETCampins, Joan ORCID RESEARCHERID Autor AEMET
Keywords: High impact weather; Heavy rain; Strong wind; Cyclones; Forecast
Issue Date: 2007
Publisher: European Geosciences Union
Citation: Advances in Geosciences. 2007, 12, p. 115-120
Publisher version: https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-12-115-2007
Abstract: TheWesternMediterranean in general and Catalonia in particular are usually affected by high impact weather (HIW) events, mainly heavy rain (HR) and strong wind (SW). The improvement in the understanding and the accurate forecast of such events are major concerns for the meteorologists of the region. In the present study, HR and SW events in Catalonia are cross-referenced with an objective cyclone database for a 9-year period (from June 1995 to May 2004). Results show that in most of the HR events a cyclone is located close to Catalonia, in such a way that the feeding of a moist flow to the affected region was favoured. These cyclones can be either shallow and weak or deep and intense. A simultaneous cyclone also appears to be connected with many SW events. However, other SW events seem to be related to meso-scale circulations and, as a result, not always well captured in the cyclone database. Finally, coincident HR and SW events are analysed. In almost all of such events a deep cyclone is located in the vicinity of Catalonia.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/1620
ISSN: 1680-7340
1680-7359
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