Toward an estimation of the relationship between cyclonic structures and damages at the ground in Europe (Articolo in rivista)

Type

• Prodotto della ricerca (Classe)
• Articolo in rivista (Classe)

Label

• Toward an estimation of the relationship between cyclonic structures and damages at the ground in Europe (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

Anno

• 2009-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#doi

• 10.5194/nhess-9-823-2009 (literal)

Alternative label

• F. Porcu; A. Carrassi (2009)
  Toward an estimation of the relationship between cyclonic structures and damages at the ground in Europe
  in Natural hazards and earth system sciences (Print)
  (literal)

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• F. Porcu; A. Carrassi (literal)

Pagina inizio

• 823 (literal)

Pagina fine

• 829 (literal)

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• 9 (literal)

Rivista

• Natural hazards and earth system sciences (Rivista)

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• 7 (literal)

Note

• Scopus (literal)
• ISI Web of Science (WOS) (literal)

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• dipartimento di fisica università di ferrara Institut Royal Meteorologique de Belgique (literal)

Titolo

• Toward an estimation of the relationship between cyclonic structures and damages at the ground in Europe (literal)

Abstract

• Cyclonic systems dominate European and Mediterranean meteorology throughout the year and often induce severe weather in terms of heavy and/or long-lasting precipitation with related phenomena such as strong winds and lightning. Surface cyclonic structures are often related to well defined precipitation patterns with different scales, duration and intensity. Cyclones confined in the upper troposphere, usually referred to as cut off low, may induce instability at lower levels and the development of convective precipitation. In this work the occurrence of cyclonic events (discriminated between surface ones and cut-off lows) is analyzed and matched with an economic losses database to highlight a relation between the atmospheric structures and the impact on the social environment in terms of casualties and material damages. The study focus on the continental Europe and, based on the ERA-40 reanalysis, two databases of surface cyclones and cut-off lows have been constructed by means of automatic pattern recognition algorithms. The impact on the local communities is estimated from an insurance company record, which provides the location, date and type of the events, as well as related losses in terms of damages and casualties. Results show the relatively high impact of cyclonic structures on human life in Europe: most of the weather induced damages occur close to a cyclonic center, especially during warm months. Damages and human losses are more frequent from late summer to January, and precipitation is the most relevant meteorological damaging feature throughout the year. (literal)

Prodotto di

• Institute of atmospheric sciences and climate (ISAC) (Istituto)

Autore CNR

• FEDERICO PORCU' (Unità di personale esterno)

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Prodotto

• Institute of atmospheric sciences and climate (ISAC) (Istituto)

Autore CNR di

• FEDERICO PORCU' (Unità di personale esterno)

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• Natural hazards and earth system sciences (Rivista)

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• Parole chiave di "Toward an estimation of the relationship between cyclonic structures and damages at the ground in Europe" (Insieme di parole chiave)