[HTML][HTML] Extreme weather and societal impacts in the eastern Mediterranean

A Hochman, F Marra, G Messori, JG Pinto… - Earth System …, 2022 - esd.copernicus.org
Gaining a holistic understanding of extreme weather, from its physical drivers to its impacts
on society and ecosystems, is key to supporting future risk reduction and preparedness …

Meteorological aspects of heavy precipitation in relation to floods–an overview

AJ Breugem, JG Wesseling, K Oostindie… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Floods do have multiple aspects: they are integral phenomena by nature. In this paper we
deal with the meteorological aspects, which need to be adequately understood in order to …

Assessing flash flood erosion following storm Daniel in Libya

JCL Normand, E Heggy - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
The eastern Mediterranean basin is witnessing increased storm activity impacting populous
urban coastal areas that historically were not prone to catastrophic flooding. In the fall of …

Storm surges and coastal inundation during extreme events in the Mediterranean Sea: the IANOS Medicane

Y Androulidakis, C Makris, Z Mallios, I Pytharoulis… - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
The IANOS Medicane was one of the most severe storms that have formed in the
Mediterranean Sea with Category 2 Hurricane characteristics. The storm induced a …

Development mechanisms for Mediterranean tropical‐like cyclones (medicanes)

MM Miglietta, R Rotunno - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Midlatitude cyclones with characteristics similar to tropical cyclones (also known as Tropical‐
Like Cyclones, TLCs, or medicanes) are sometimes observed in the Mediterranean region …

Monitoring extreme meteo-marine events in the Mediterranean area using the microseism (Medicane Apollo case study)

AM Borzì, V Minio, F Cannavò, A Cavallaro… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Microseism is the continuous background seismic signal caused by the interaction between
the atmosphere, the hydrosphere and the solid Earth. Several studies have dealt with the …

High-resolution dynamical downscaling of ERA-Interim temperature and precipitation using WRF model for Greece

N Politi, D Vlachogiannis, A Sfetsos, PT Nastos - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
This study presents the results of high-resolution dynamical downscaling of 5 km on
maximum (TX) and minimum (TN) air temperature and precipitation, for Greece, with the …

[HTML][HTML] A composite approach to produce reference datasets for extratropical cyclone tracks: application to Mediterranean cyclones

E Flaounas, L Aragão, L Bernini, S Dafis… - Weather and Climate …, 2023 - wcd.copernicus.org
Many cyclone detection and tracking methods (CDTMs) have been developed in the past to
study the climatology of extratropical cyclones. However, all CDTMs have different …

Evaluation of the sensitivity of medicane ianos to model microphysics and initial conditions using satellite measurements

A Comellas Prat, S Federico, RC Torcasio… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tropical-like cyclone (TLC or medicane) Ianos formed during mid-September 2020 over the
Southern Mediterranean Sea, and, during its mature stage on days 17–18, it affected …

Investigating the impact of sea surface temperature on the development of the Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone “Ianos” in 2020

G Varlas, I Pytharoulis, GJ Steeneveld… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to unravel and quantify the impact of sea surface temperature (SST) on the
formation, intensity, structure and track of the Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone (medicane) …