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Birth of the Biscane
Peter KnippertzEnrico Di MuzioFlorian PantillonAndreas H. FinkMichael RiemerMichael Maier-gerbersubject
Mediterranean climate021110 strategic defence & security studiesAtmospheric Science010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesBuoy0211 other engineering and technologiesWind fieldStorm02 engineering and technology01 natural sciencesWind speedEarth sciencesClimatologyddc:550BayGeology0105 earth and related environmental sciencesdescription
This paper describes the unprecedented storm Stephanie, which exhibited tropical characteristics over the Bay of Biscay on 15 September 2016. Remote sensing observations reveal a cloud-free area surrounded by a circular precipitation pattern and an axisymmetric wind field, while buoy observations show an abrupt drop in wind speed during the passage of the storm centre. Model analysis further corroborates an ongoing tropical transition from a frontal cold-core to a symmetric warm-core system. By analogy with ‘Medicanes’ (Mediterranean hurricanes), we name this storm a ‘Biscane’ (Biscay hurricane). Weather systems of this kind may become more frequent in a warmer climate.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-01 |