Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1043-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1043-2024
Research article
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19 Aug 2024
Research article |  | 19 Aug 2024

Linking compound weather extremes to Mediterranean cyclones, fronts, and airstreams

Alice Portal, Shira Raveh-Rubin, Jennifer L. Catto, Yonatan Givon, and Olivia Martius

Data sets

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach, et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

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Short summary
Mediterranean cyclones are associated with extended rain, wind, and wave impacts. Although beneficial for regional water resources, their passage may induce extreme weather, which is especially impactful when multiple hazards combine together. Here we show how the passage of Mediterranean cyclones increases the likelihood of rain–wind and wave–wind compounding and how compound–cyclone statistics vary by region and season, depending on the presence of specific airflows around the cyclone.