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

Flaounas, Emmanouil; Gray, Suzanne L.; Teubler, Franziska

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-255-2021

Articles | Volume 2, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-255-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-255-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2, issue 1

Research article

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29 Mar 2021

Research article |

| 29 Mar 2021

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

Emmanouil Flaounas, Suzanne L. Gray, and Franziska Teubler

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RC1: 'review of "A process-based anatomy of Mediterranean cyclones: From baroclinic lows to tropical-like systems"', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Review', Baruch Ziv, 09 Dec 2020
RC3: 'Mediterranean Cyclone Dynamics', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Dec 2020
EC1: 'Comment on wcd-2020-48 and its reviews', Nili Harnik, 30 Dec 2020
AC1: 'Reply to the Reviewers', Emmanouil Flaounas, 08 Feb 2021

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ED: Publish as is (17 Feb 2021) by Nili Harnik

AR by Emmanouil Flaounas on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2021)

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In this study, we quantify the relative contribution of different atmospheric processes to the development of 100 intense Mediterranean cyclones and show that both upper tropospheric systems and diabatic processes contribute to cyclone development. However, these contributions are complex and present high variability among the cases. For this reason, we analyse several exemplary cases in more detail, including 10 systems that have been identified in the past as tropical-like cyclones.