How important are post‐tropical cyclones for European windstorm risk?

EM Sainsbury, RKH Schiemann… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐tropical cyclones (PTCs) extend many hazards associated with tropical cyclones (TCs)
to the midlatitudes. Despite recent high‐impact cases affecting Europe such as Ophelia, little …

The compound event that triggered the destructive fires of October 2017 in Portugal

AM Ramos, A Russo, CC DaCamara, S Nunes… - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
Portugal is regularly affected by destructive wildfires that have severe social, economic, and
ecological impacts. The total burnt area in 2017 (∼ 540,000 ha) marked the all-time record …

Modelling pyro-convection phenomenon during a mega-fire event in Portugal

C Campos, FT Couto, JB Filippi, R Baggio… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study contributes to an increased understanding of pyro-convection
phenomena by using a fire-atmosphere coupled simulation, and investigates in detail the …

Anthropogenic effects on tropical cyclones near Western Europe

S Wang, H Murakami, W Cooke - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2024 - nature.com
There is less consensus on whether human activities have significantly altered tropical
cyclone (TC) statistics, given the relatively short duration of reliable observed records …

Extratropical transition of tropical cyclones in a multiresolution ensemble of atmosphere-only and fully coupled global climate models

AJ Baker, MJ Roberts, PL Vidale, KI Hodges… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tropical cyclones undergo extratropical transition (ET) in every ocean basin. Projected
changes in ET frequency under climate change are uncertain and differ between basins, so …

An updated investigation of post-transformation intensity, structural, and duration extremes for extratropically transitioning North Atlantic tropical cyclones

G Sarro, C Evans - Monthly Weather Review, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
The transformation stage of extratropical transition characterizes the process by which a
tropical cyclone transforms into an extratropical cyclone at higher latitudes in a cooler, more …

[HTML][HTML] A complex aerosol transport event over Europe during the 2017 Storm Ophelia in CAMS forecast systems: analysis and evaluation

D Akritidis, E Katragkou, AK Georgoulias… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract In mid-October 2017 Storm Ophelia crossed over western coastal Europe, inducing
the combined transport of Saharan dust and Iberian biomass burning aerosols over several …

The increasing frequency of tropical cyclones in the Northeastern Atlantic sector

MM Lima, A Hurduc, AM Ramos… - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones (TCs) are major atmospheric hazards that can cause large
disruptions to coastal and near-coastal societies. Although most studies focus on those …

Global increase in destructive potential of extratropical transition events in response to greenhouse warming

HM Cheung, JE Chu - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2023 - nature.com
When tropical cyclones (TCs) move to the mid-latitudes, they oftentimes undergo
extratropical transition (ET) by which they lose their symmetry and warm-core characteristics …

European Windstorm Risk of Post‐Tropical Cyclones and the Impact of Climate Change

R Haarsma - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sainsbury et al.(2020, https://doi. org/10.1029/2020GL089853) highlighted the fact
that although post‐tropical cyclones only consist of a small part of the cyclones impacting …