[HTML][HTML] Mediterranean cyclones: Current knowledge and open questions on dynamics, prediction, climatology and impacts

E Flaounas, S Davolio, S Raveh-Rubin… - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - wcd.copernicus.org
A large number of intense cyclones occur every year in the Mediterranean basin, one of the
climate change hotspots. Producing a broad range of severe socio-economic and …

An archived dataset from the ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System for probabilistic solar power forecasting

W Wang, D Yang, T Hong, J Kleissl - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Ensemble numerical weather prediction (NWP) is the backbone of the state-of-the-art solar
forecasting for horizons ranging between a few hours and a few days. Dynamical ensemble …

[HTML][HTML] A process-based anatomy of Mediterranean cyclones: from baroclinic lows to tropical-like systems

E Flaounas, SL Gray, F Teubler - Weather and Climate …, 2021 - wcd.copernicus.org
In this study, we address the question of the atmospheric processes that turn Mediterranean
cyclones into severe storms. Our approach applies online potential vorticity (PV) budget …

[HTML][HTML] How an uncertain short-wave perturbation on the North Atlantic wave guide affects the forecast of an intense Mediterranean cyclone (Medicane Zorbas)

R Portmann, JJ González-Alemán… - Weather and Climate …, 2020 - wcd.copernicus.org
Mediterranean cyclogenesis is known to be frequently linked to ridge building over the North
Atlantic and subsequent anticyclonic Rossby wave breaking over Europe. But …

Warm Core and Deep Convection in Medicanes: A Passive Microwave-Based Investigation

G Panegrossi, LP D'Adderio, S Dafis, JF Rysman… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mediterranean hurricanes (Medicanes) are characterized by the presence of a quasi-cloud-
free calm eye, spiral-like cloud bands, and strong winds around the vortex center. Typically …

Insights into the convective evolution of Mediterranean tropical‐like cyclones

S Dafis, C Claud, V Kotroni… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study aims at understanding how deep convection is organized and contributes to the
intensification of nine Mediterranean tropical‐like cyclones which developed between 2005 …

Multi-physics ensemble versus atmosphere–ocean coupled model simulations for a tropical-like cyclone in the Mediterranean Sea

A Ricchi, MM Miglietta, D Bonaldo, G Cioni, U Rizza… - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
Between 19 and 22 January 2014, a baroclinic wave moving eastward from the Atlantic
Ocean generated a cut-off low over the Strait of Gibraltar and was responsible for the …

Long-term analysis of microseism during extreme weather events: Medicanes and common storms in the Mediterranean sea

AM Borzì, V Minio, R De Plaen, T Lecocq… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, we analyze 12 meteorological events that occurred in the Mediterranean Sea
during the period November 2011–November 2021 from a seismic point of view. In …

Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones (Medicanes)

MM Miglietta - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
1. Background Due to its peculiar morphology, the Mediterranean Basin is one of the main
cyclogenetic areas in the world. Most of these cyclones are synoptic-scale events and …

Surface processes in the 7 November 2014 medicane from air–sea coupled high-resolution numerical modelling

MN Bouin, C Lebeaupin Brossier - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
A medicane, or Mediterranean cyclone with characteristics similar to tropical cyclones, is
simulated using a kilometre-scale ocean–atmosphere coupled modelling platform. A first …