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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1187-2024
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30 Sep 2024
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The crucial representation of deep convection for the cyclogenesis of Medicane Ianos
Florian Pantillon
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Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UT3, IRD, Toulouse, France
Silvio Davolio
Department of Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, CNR-ISAC, Bologna, Italy
Elenio Avolio
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, CNR-ISAC, Lamezia Terme, Italy
Carlos Calvo-Sancho
Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Computer Engineering, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Diego Saul Carrió
Meteorology Group, Department of Physics, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
Stavros Dafis
National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, Athens, Greece
Emanuele Silvio Gentile
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Juan Jesus Gonzalez-Aleman
Department of Development and Applications, Spanish State Meteorological Agency, AEMET, Madrid, Spain
Suzanne Gray
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Mario Marcello Miglietta
Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council of Italy, CNR-ISAC, Padua, Italy
Platon Patlakas
Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Ioannis Pytharoulis
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Didier Ricard
Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France
Antonio Ricchi
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences/CETEMPS, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Claudio Sanchez
Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom
Emmanouil Flaounas
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece
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- Multiscale structure and turbulent dynamics of Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone (Medicane) Ianos: A modal decomposition approach C. Gencarelli et al.
- Air–sea interaction in medicanes with atmosphere–ocean–wave coupled regional climate simulations F. Batibeniz et al.
- Dynamics, predictability, impacts and climate change considerations of the catastrophic Mediterranean Storm Daniel (2023) E. Flaounas et al.
- The Role of Ocean Penetrative Solar Radiation in the Evolution of Mediterranean Storm Daniel J. Karagiorgos et al.
- Environmental characteristics associated with the development of deep warm core Mediterranean Cyclones L. Bernini et al.
- The impact of preceding convection on the development of Medicane Ianos and the sensitivity to sea surface temperature C. Sánchez et al.
- Assimilation of satellite-derived rainfall estimates to improve numerical simulations of medicanes L. Silva & S. Davolio
- CLIMADAT-GRid: a high-resolution daily gridded precipitation and temperature dataset for Greece K. Varotsos et al.
- Assimilating WIVERN windpseudo-observations in WRF model: an application to the outstanding case of the Medicane Ianos S. Federico et al.
- Near-surface wind field characterization of medicanes using satellite observations S. Sebastianelli et al.
- Vertical Structure and Dynamical Regimes of Mediterranean Tropical-like Cyclones from High-Resolution WRF Simulations C. Gencarelli & F. Carbone
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- Synoptic analysis of cyclone Ianos based on surface and satellite observations and high-resolution reanalysis data D. Hérincs & Z. Dezső
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- Classification of North Atlantic and European extratropical cyclones using multiple measures of intensity J. Cornér et al.
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- Multiscale structure and turbulent dynamics of Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone (Medicane) Ianos: A modal decomposition approach C. Gencarelli et al.
- Air–sea interaction in medicanes with atmosphere–ocean–wave coupled regional climate simulations F. Batibeniz et al.
- Dynamics, predictability, impacts and climate change considerations of the catastrophic Mediterranean Storm Daniel (2023) E. Flaounas et al.
- The Role of Ocean Penetrative Solar Radiation in the Evolution of Mediterranean Storm Daniel J. Karagiorgos et al.
- Environmental characteristics associated with the development of deep warm core Mediterranean Cyclones L. Bernini et al.
- The impact of preceding convection on the development of Medicane Ianos and the sensitivity to sea surface temperature C. Sánchez et al.
- Assimilation of satellite-derived rainfall estimates to improve numerical simulations of medicanes L. Silva & S. Davolio
- CLIMADAT-GRid: a high-resolution daily gridded precipitation and temperature dataset for Greece K. Varotsos et al.
- Assimilating WIVERN windpseudo-observations in WRF model: an application to the outstanding case of the Medicane Ianos S. Federico et al.
- Near-surface wind field characterization of medicanes using satellite observations S. Sebastianelli et al.
- Vertical Structure and Dynamical Regimes of Mediterranean Tropical-like Cyclones from High-Resolution WRF Simulations C. Gencarelli & F. Carbone
- Medicane characteristics from high‐resolution satellite radar observations A. Avenas et al.
- Synoptic analysis of cyclone Ianos based on surface and satellite observations and high-resolution reanalysis data D. Hérincs & Z. Dezső
- Analysis of Local-to-Remote Source Variability During the First 2020 COVID-19 Lockdown in Calabria, Southern Italy: New Insights from the Implementation of the ONRPI Methodology F. D’Amico et al.
- Causes of the Extremely Heavy Rainfall Event in Libya in September 2023 Y. Zou et al.
- Classification of North Atlantic and European extratropical cyclones using multiple measures of intensity J. Cornér et al.
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Editorial statement
High-impact medicanes, like Ianos September 2020, are occasionally poorly predicted by operational numerical weather prediction models, and it is therefore very important to understand the factors that limit their predictability and to eventually improve predictions. The well-written study by Pantillon et al. investigates simulations of medicane Ianos performed with 10 model setups, using different models, horizontal grid spacings, and representations of moist convection. Their results highlight the critical importance of a high-resolution representation of moist convection, and the coupling of convective and baroclinic processes in the cyclogenesis phase of the medicane. These results from the major modelling undertaking in this study have important ramifications also for practical forecasting.
High-impact medicanes, like Ianos September 2020, are occasionally poorly predicted by...
Short summary
Cyclone Ianos of September 2020 was a high-impact but poorly predicted medicane (Mediterranean hurricane). A community effort of numerical modelling provides robust results to improve prediction. It is found that the representation of local thunderstorms controlled the interaction of Ianos with a jet stream at larger scales and its subsequent evolution. The results help us understand the peculiar dynamics of medicanes and provide guidance for the next generation of weather and climate models.
Cyclone Ianos of September 2020 was a high-impact but poorly predicted medicane (Mediterranean...
