The unusual explosive cyclogenesis activity in the extratropical North Atlantic in the 2013/14 boreal winter

Authors

  • Nuno Ganho Departamento de Geografia e Turismo. Faculdade de Letras. Universidade de Coimbra. Centro de Estudos de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (CEGOT)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/0871-1623_35_5

Keywords:

Cyclogenesis activity, Explosive cyclogenesis, Extratropical Atlantic, 2013/14 winter

Abstract

The winter of 2013/14 was particularly stormy in the extratropical North Atlantic, with recurrent episodes of strong winds and strong swell, with destructive effects, especially in the Atlantic coastal areas of Western Europe. The direct cause was a strong ciclogenesis activity translated into successive explosive cyclogenesis phenomena which are listed and analysed in this paper, exploring their relations with the tropospheric dynamics of the high levels, in particular the polar jet-stream track, the jet-streak speed and the resulting divergence and convective activity.

https://doi.org/10.14195/0871-1623_35_5

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Published

2016-12-22

Issue

No. 35 (2016): Cadernos de Geografia n. 35

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