TY - JOUR
T1 - Detecting and following atmospheric disturbances with a potential to generate meteotsunamis in the Adriatic
AU - Belusic, Danijel
AU - Mahovic, Natasa
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The paper deals with a possibility to detect the presence and to follow the movement of an atmospheric disturbance that could lead to a meteotsunami formation. The analysis of the four strongest meteotsunami cases in the past 30 years in the Adriatic shows that three of four cases happened in the south-westerly stream on the front side of a large upper-level trough, whereas in one of the cases large-scale streaming was westerly and north-westerly. It was also noted that all cases occurred during summer months and in each case a convective system was present in the area. That led to the assumption that a convective system is responsible for causing the disturbance leading to meteotsunami formation. Since the convective cells can be recognized and their movement can be followed using the nowcasting tools based on satellite data, a method for predicting the occurrence of meteotsunamis in the Adriatic is proposed.
AB - The paper deals with a possibility to detect the presence and to follow the movement of an atmospheric disturbance that could lead to a meteotsunami formation. The analysis of the four strongest meteotsunami cases in the past 30 years in the Adriatic shows that three of four cases happened in the south-westerly stream on the front side of a large upper-level trough, whereas in one of the cases large-scale streaming was westerly and north-westerly. It was also noted that all cases occurred during summer months and in each case a convective system was present in the area. That led to the assumption that a convective system is responsible for causing the disturbance leading to meteotsunami formation. Since the convective cells can be recognized and their movement can be followed using the nowcasting tools based on satellite data, a method for predicting the occurrence of meteotsunamis in the Adriatic is proposed.
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474706509001053
U2 - 10.1016/j.pce.2009.08.009
DO - 10.1016/j.pce.2009.08.009
M3 - Article
SN - 1474-7065
VL - 34
SP - 918
EP - 927
JO - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
JF - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
IS - 17-18
ER -