Original Research Papers
Climatological analysis of Mediterranean cyclones using ECMWF data
Authors:
- P. AlpertEmail P. Alpert
- B. U. Neeman
- Y. Shay-El
Abstract
A thoroughly objective method for the definition, selection and tracing of Mediterranean region cyclones is presented. The method is applied to the ECMWF 1982-1987 analyzed datasets to show monthly cyclone frequencies, cyclonic tracks and vertical variation of average relative vorticity. Day-to-night changes and vertical variation of cyclonic frequencies/vorticities indicate the importance of the sea thermal effect in the eastern Mediterranean. In the western Mediterranean and to a lesser extent in the Cyprus region, the lee cyclogenetic effect is very pronounced. Monthly cyclone tracks are presented and they clearly indicate the preferred routes of cyclonic movements.
- Year: 1990
- Volume: 42 Issue: 1
- Page/Article: 65-77
- DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v42i1.11860
- Submitted on 2 Nov 1988
- Accepted on 6 Jun 1989
- Published on 1 Jan 1990
- Peer Reviewed