Analysis of tropical-like cyclones over the Mediterranean Sea through a combined modeling and satellite approach

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2400-2405

  Miglietta, M M ^a   Laviola, S ^b   Malvaldi, A ^b,c   Conte, D ^a,e   Levizzani, V ^b   Price, C ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

convective activity; Mediterranean; tropical like cyclones

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TOP HEIGHTS; COMBINED MODELING; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; SATELLITE PRODUCTS;

LIGHTNING; RAIN; SATELLITES; TROPICS; VORTEX FLOW;

STORMS;

LIGHTNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84879964075     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50432     Document Type: Article

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