Fingerprinting Mediterranean hurricanes using pre-event thermal drops in seawater temperature.

ABSTRACT: Extreme atmospheric-marine events, known as medicanes (short for "Mediterranean hurricanes"), have affected the Mediterranean basin in recent years, resulting in extensive coastal flooding and storm surges, and have occasionally been responsible for several casualties. Considering that the development mechanism of these events is similar to tropical cyclones, it is plausible that these phenomena are strongly affected by sea surface temperatures (SSTs) during their development period (winter and autumn seasons). In this study, we compared satellite data and the numerical reanalysis of SSTs from 1969 to 2023 with in situ data from dataloggers installed at different depths off the coast of southeastern Sicily as well as from data available on Argo floats on the Mediterranean basin. A spectral

SUBMITTER: Scardino G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997583 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature