Grup de Meteorologia - UIB
MEDICANES: Mediterranean tropical-like storms
Lluís Fita     Romu Romero @

 

 

References

 

Papers by Meteo UIB members

Homar, V., R. Romero, D. J. Stensrud, C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 2003: Numerical diagnosis of a small, quasi-tropical cyclone over the Western Mediterranean: Dynamical vs. boundary factors. Quart. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 129, 1469-1490.

Fita, L., R. Romero, A. Luque, K. Emanuel, C. Ramis, 2007: Analysis of the environments of seven Mediterranean tropical-like storms using an axisymmetric, nonhydrostatic, cloud resolving model, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 7,41-56.

Tous, M., and  R. Romero, 2011: Medicanes: cataloguing criteria and exploration of meteorological environments. Tethys, 8, 53-61.

Tous, M., and R. Romero, 2013: Meteorological environments associated with medicane development. Int. J. Climatol., 33, 1-14.

Tous, M., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2013: Surface heat fluxes influence on medicane trajectories and intensification. Atmos. Res., 123, 400-411.

Romero, R. and K. Emanuel, 2013: Medicane risk in a changing climate. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 118, 5992-6001.

Ramis, C., M. Tous, V. Homar, R. Romero, and S. Alonso, 2013: Medicanes: Quasi-topical mesoscale cyclones in the Mediterranean. Chapter 2 in Adverse Weather in Spain, ed. Carlos García-Legaz Martínez and Francisco Valero Rodríguez, AMV Ediciones, 34-50.

Picornell, M. A., Campins, J., & Jansà, A. (2014). Detection and thermal description of medicanes from numerical simulation. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 14(5), 1059-1070.

Tous, M., Zappa, G., Romero, R., Shaffrey, L., Vidale, P.L., 2015, Projected changes in medicanes in the HadGEM3 N512 high-resolution global climate model. Clim. Dyn., submitted. 

Papers by other researchers

Ernst, J.A., and M.Matson, 1983: A mediterranean tropical storm?, Weather, 38, 332-337.

Emauel, K.A., 1986: An air-sea interaction theory for tropical cyclones. part i: Steady-state maintenance, J.Atmos. Sci., 43, 585-604.

Miglietta, M. M., Davolio, S., Moscatello, A., Pacifico, F., and Rotunno, R.: The role of surface fluxes in the development of a tropical-like cyclone in southern Italy, Adv. Sci. Res., 2, 35-39, doi:10.5194/asr-2-35-2008, 2008. 

Davolio, S., Miglietta, M. M., Moscatello, A., Pacifico, F., Buzzi, A., and Rotunno, R.: Numerical forecast and analysis of a tropical-like cyclone in the Ionian Sea, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 551-562, doi:10.5194/nhess-9-551-2009, 2009.

Cavicchia L. , von Storch H., Gualdi, S.A Long-term climatology of medicanes. 2013, Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1893-7.

Cavicchia L., von Storch H. The simulation of medicanes in a high-resolution regional climate model. 2012, Climate dynamics, 39 (9-10), 2273-2290.

Rotunno, R., and K. Emanuel, 1987: An air-sea interaction theory for tropical cyclones. part ii: Evolutionary study using a nonhydrostatic axisymmetric numerical model, J. Atmos. Scie., 44, 542-561.

Rasmussen, E., and C.Zick, 1987: A subsynoptic vortex over the mediterranean with some resemblance to polar lows, Tellus A, 39, 408-425.

Businger, S., and R.J. Reed, 1989: Cyclogenesis in cold air masses, Wea. and Forecasting, 4, 133-156.

Emanuel, K.A., 1995: The behavior of a simple hurricane model using a convective scheme based on subcloud-layer entropy equilibrium, J. Atmos. Scie., 52, 3960-3968.

Lagouvardos, K., V.Kotroni, S.Nickovic, D.Jovic, and G.Kallos, 1999: Observations and model simulations of a winter sub-synoptic vortex over the central mediterranean, Meteorol. Appl., 6, 371-383.

Pytharoulis, I., G.C. Craig, and S.P. Ballard, 2000: The hurricane-like mediterranean cyclone of january 1995, Meteorol. Appl., 7, 261-279.

Reed, R.J., Y.-H. Kuo, M.D. Albright, K. Gao, Y.-R. Gua, and W. Huang, 2001: Analysis and modeling of a tropical-like cyclone in the mediterranean sea, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 76, 183-202.

Reale, O., R. Atlas, 2001: Tropical Cyclone≠Like Vortices in the Extratropics: Observational Evidence and Synoptic Analysis, Weath. and. Forecasting, 16, 7-34.

Emanuel, K.A., 2005: Genesis and maintenance of "mediterranean hurricanes", Adv. in Geos., 2, 217-220.

M. A. Gaertner, D. Jacob, V. Gil, M Domínguexz, E. Padorno. E. Sánchez and M. Castro, 2007: Tropical cyclones over the Mediterranean Sea in climate change simulations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14711, doi:10.1029/2007GL029977.

M. M. Miglietta, S. Davolio, A. Moscatello, F. Pacifico and R. Rotunno, 2008: The role of surface fluxes in the development of a tropical-like cyclone in southern Italy, Advances in Science and Research, 2, 35-39.

A. Moscatello, M. M. Miglietta, R. Rotunno, 2008: Observational analysis of a Mediterranean 'hurricane' over south-eastern Italy, Weather, 63, 306-311, DOI: 10.1002/wea.231

A. Moscatello, M. M. Miglietta and R. Rotunno, 2008: Numerical analysis of a Mediterranean 'hurricane' over south-eastern Italy, Monthly Weather Review, 136, 4373-4397, DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2512.1


Other publications by Meteo UIB members

Jansà, A., 1972: Mini-ciclón en Baleares (parte I), Revista de Meteorología Marítima (Servicio Meteorológico nacional, Madrid), núm. 10, pp. 9-15

Jansà, A., 1973: Mini-ciclón en Baleares (parte II), Revista de Meteorología Marítima (Servicio Meteorológico nacional, Madrid), núm. 11, pp. 8-15

Gili, M. A., Jansà, A., Riesco J., and García-Moya, J. A., 1997: Quasitropical cyclone on 12th September 1996 in the Balearics, in INMWMO International Symposium on Cyclones and Hazardous Weather in the Mediterranean, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 14–17 April 1997, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente and Universitat de les Illes Balears (Servei de Publicacions), Palma, pp. 143–150, ISBN 84-7632-329-8

Fita, Ll., R. Romero, A. Luque, K. Emanuel i C. Ramis, 2006: Intercomparison of Mediterranean hurricane like storms using an axisymmetric, nonhydrostatic, cloud resolving model, Lecture; comunicació, European Geosciences Union 2006 Viena (Austria)

Jansà, A., 1987: Saharian Advections in the West Mediterranean Algerian Cyclogenesis, Heavy Rain, Gravity Waves, in WMO Workshop on Limited Area Fine-Mesh Models for the Mediterranean Region, Erice, Italy, 17–20 November 1986, WMO PSMP Report Series no. 26, 51–67

Jansà, A., 2003: Miniciclons a la Mediterrània, in IX Jornades de Meteorología Eduard Fontserè, Barcelona, Spain, 28–30 November 2003, ACAM, 75–85, ISBN-84-930328-6-7

Campins, J., Genovés, A., Picornell, M. A., and Jansà, A., 2009: A first analysis of the large-scale cyclonic environments that lead to medicane development, 11th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, Barcelona, Spain, 7–10 September 2009, Plinius, 11–46. Abstract: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/Plinius11/Plinius11-46.pdf

Romero, R., K. Emanuel, 2006: Space-time probability density of Mediterranean hurricane genesis in the present and future climate Abstract Results http://medicanes.uib.es Lecture, 8th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms and extreme events in an era of climate change, Dead Sea (Israel)

Fita, L., R. Romero i C. Ramis, 2006: Sensitivity study of two Mediterranean tropical-like storms, Presentació (pdf with animations), 8th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms and extreme events in an era of climate change, Dead Sea (Israel)

Fita, L., 2007: Huracans al Mediterrani?, Poster (in catalan), VIena Fira de la ciència 2007

A. Luque, L. Fita, R. Romero, S. Alonso, 2007: Tropical-like Mediterranean storms: an analysis from satellite, Lecture; Joint 2007 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference and the 15th Satellite Meteorology & Oceanography Conference of the American Meteorological Society, Amsterdam, (Holland)

A. Luque, L. Fita, R. Romero, S. Alonso, 2007: Tropical-like Mediterranean storms: an analysis from satellite, Proceeding, EUMETSAT

L. Fita, 2007: Dynamics of a Medicane Poster

Homar, V., R. Romero, D. J. Stensrud, C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 2002: A quasi-tropical cyclone over the western Mediterranean: Dynamical vs boundary factors. Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms III, European Geophysical Society, Baja Sardinia (Italy), 1-3 October 2001, 55-58.

Homar, V., R. Romero, D. J. Stensrud, C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 2002: A quasi-tropical cyclone over the western Mediterranean: Dynamical vs boundary factors. XXVII General Assembly EGS, Nice (France), 21-26 April, CD-Rom, EGS02-A-01447. Abstract.

Romero, R., and K. Emanuel, 2006: Space-time probability density of Mediterranean hurricane genesis in the light of an empirical tropical index. V Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa de Geodesia y Geofísica, Sevilla (Spain), 30 January-3 February, CD-Rom. Proceedings. 

Fita, L., R. Romero, A. Luque, K. Emanuel, and C. Ramis, 2006: Intercomparison of Mediterranean hurricane like storms using an axisymmetric, nonhydrostatic, cloud resolving model. III General Assembly EGU, Vienna (Austria), 2-7 April, CD-Rom, EGU06-A-02654. Abstract.

Romero, R., and K. Emanuel, 2006: Space-time probability density of Mediterranean hurricane genesis in the present and future climate. Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms VIII, European Geosciences Union, Dead Sea (Israel), 17-20 October, page 20. Abstract. 

Fita, L., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2006: Sensitivity study of two Mediterranean tropical-like storms. Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms VIII, European Geosciences Union, Dead Sea (Israel), 17-20 October, page 20. Abstract. 

Fita, L., R. Romero, A. Luque, and C. Ramis, 2007: Assimilation of satellite and lightning data in numerical simulations of tropical-like Mediterranean storms. IV General Assembly EGU, Vienna (Austria), 15-20 April, CD-Rom, EGU2007-A-06303. Abstract.  

Fita, L., R. Romero, A. Luque, and C. Ramis, 2007: Improvements of numerical simulations of tropical-like Mediterranean storms through the assimilation of satellite and lightning data. 9th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, European Geosciences Union, Varenna (Italy), 10-13 September. Abstract. 

Luque, A., L. Fita, R. Romero, and S. Alonso, 2007: Tropical-like mediterranean storms: an analysis from satellite. Joint 2007 EUMETSAT/AMS Conference, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 24-28 September. Proceedings.

Romero, R., 2007: Huracans i medicanes: Resposta a l'escalfament global. XIII Jornades de Meteorologia Eduard Fontserè, Associació Catalana de Meteorologia, Barcelona (Spain), 23-25 November 2007, 108-120. Preprints. 

Luque, A., L. Fita, R. Romero, and S. Alonso, 2008: Analysis of convection in three tropical-like Mediterranean storms using satellite and lightning networks. 10th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, European Geosciences Union, Nicosia (Cyprus), 22-24 September, CD-Rom, page 36. Abstract. 

Romero, R., M. Tous, C. Ramis, and A. Genovés, 2009: Environmental parameters controlling the genesis and maintenance of mediterranean tropical-like storms. 2nd International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change, Corfu (Greece), 31 May-5 June. Abstract. 

Romero, R., M. Tous, C. Ramis, and A. Genovés, 2009: An investigation of the large-scale environments associated with the genesis of Mediterranean tropical-like storms. 11th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, European Geosciences Union, Barcelona (Spain), 7-11 September. Abstract.

Tous, M., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2010: Medicanes: Creació d'una base de dades i exploració dels ambients meteorològics. Segones Jornades de Meteorologia i Climatologia de la Mediterrània Occidental, Associació Catalana de Meteorologia, Valencia (Spain), 11-12 March. Abstract. 

Tous, M., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2010: MEDICANES: database and environmental parameters. EGU General Assembly 2010, Vienna (Austria), 2-7 May, CD-Rom, EGU2010-12620. Abstract. 

Tous, M., R. Romero, J. A. García-Moya, and C. Ramis, 2010: The influence of input large scale fields on the ability of a mesoscale model to simulate medicanes: from very high to low resolution. 12th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, European Geosciences Union, Corfu Island (Greece), 1-4 September. Abstract. 

Tous, M., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2010: Detection of Mediterranean hurricanes: A challenging task aimed at assessing the risk in the present and future climate. EXTREMES 2010: International Workshop in Recent Achievements on the Study of Extreme Events, Postdam (Germany), 27-29 September. Abstract. 

Tous, M., K. Emanuel, and R. Romero, 2011: Assessing medicane risk using synthetic event sets. 13th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, European Geosciences Union, Savona (Italy), 7-9 September. Abstract. 

Tous, M., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2011: Mesoscale numerical simulations of medicanes: Comparison against satellite-derived trajectories and isolation of key physical processes. 6th European Conference on Severe Storms, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 3-7 October. Abstract. 

Martín, J., R. Romero, and M. Tous, 2011: Climate model simulations of the large-scale conditions associated with the genesis of Medicanes. 6th European Conference on Severe Storms, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 3-7 October. Abstract. 

Tous, M., R. Romero, and J. Martín, 2012: First steps towards a quantitative assessment of medicane risk under future climate conditions. 6th Mediterranean-HyMeX workshop, Primosten (Croatia), 7-10 May. Abstract. 

Tous, M., R. Romero, J. Martín, and C. Ramis, 2012: Quantitative assessment of future climate conditions favourable to medicane development. ECRA: High Impact Events and Climate Change, Cambridge (UK), 14-16 June. Abstract.

Tous, M., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2012: Climate change effects on medicanes based on a dynamical downscaling method. 14th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms and MEDEX Final Conference, European Geosciences Union, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 13-15 November. Abstract. 

Romero, R., and K. A. Emanuel, 2012: Current and future medicane risk based on the generation of synthetic storms. 14th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms and MEDEX Final Conference, European Geosciences Union, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 13-15 November. Abstract. 

Tous, M., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2013: Medicanes and climate change: Analysis with two different methods. 4th International Meeting on Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean, Banyuls (France), 27 February-1 March. Abstract. 

Vich, M., M. Tous, and R. Romero, 2013: The 8 November 2011 medicane event: the roles of model physical parameterizations and upper-level dynamical forcing. 4th International Meeting on Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean, Banyuls (France), 27 February-1 March. Abstract. 

Romero, R., 2013: Medicanes: Los "huracanes" del Mediterráneo. Revista Científico Cultural ENKI (No. 8).

Tous, M., R. Romero, C. Ramis, and K. A. Emanuel, 2013: Medicane risk in a changing climate. 7th European Conference on Severe Storms, Helsinki (Finland), 3-7 June. Abstract. 

Tous , M., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2013: MEDICANES: huracanes en el Mediterráneo. XXXIV Reunión bienal de la RSEF, Valencia (Spain), 15-19 July. Extended Abstract. 

Romero , R., M. Tous, and C. Ramis, 2013: Medicane risk in a changing climate: Results of two methods. 13th EMS Annual Meeting, Reading (UK), 9-13 September. Abstract. 

Romero , R., M. Tous, and C. Ramis, 2014: Medicane risk in a changing climate. ECRA: High Impact Events and Climate Change, Copenhagen (Denmark), 2-3 June.

Tous, M., G. Zappa, R. Romero, and L. Shaffrey, 2014: Medicanes in HadGEM3 N512 climate simulations. ECRA: High Impact Events and Climate Change, Copenhagen (Denmark), 2-3 June.

Tous, M., G. Zappa, R. Romero, and L. Shaffrey, 2015: Medicanes in HadGEM3 N512 climate simulations. 5th International Meeting on Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean, Istanbul (Turkey), 2-4 March. Abstract.

Romero, R., 2015: Learning for the future from the observation and modelling of medicanes. European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA) - General Assembly 2015, Brussels (Belgium), 25-26 March.