A storm-relative climatology of compound  hazards in Mediterranean cyclones

Rousseau-Rizzi, Raphaël; Raveh-Rubin, Shira; Catto, Jennifer L.; Portal, Alice; Givon, Yonatan; Martius, Olivia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1079-2024

Articles | Volume 5, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1079-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1079-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 3

Research article

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06 Sep 2024

Research article |

| 06 Sep 2024

A storm-relative climatology of compound hazards in Mediterranean cyclones

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

Data sets

The CAMS reanalysis of atmospheric composition (https://ads.atmosphere.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/cams-global-reanalysis-eac4?tab=overview) A. Inness et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3515-2019

The ERA5 global reanalysis (https://doi.org/10.24381/CDS.ADBB2D47) H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3803

Cyclone labels, associated cluster, and location at classification time Y. Givon https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10617828

Short summary

We identify situations when rain and wind, rain and wave, or heat and dust hazards co-occur within Mediterranean cyclones. These hazard combinations are associated with risk to infrastructure, risk of coastal flooding and risk of respiratory issues. The presence of Mediterranean cyclones is associated with increased probability of all three hazard combinations. We identify weather configurations and cyclone structures, particularly those associated with specific co-occurrence combinations.