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Title: Microseism and medicane Apollo : a new approach to investigate the Mediterranean extreme weather events
Authors: Marco Borzì, Alfio
Minio, Vittorio
Cannavò, Flavio
Cavallaro, Angelo
D'Amico, Sebastiano
De Plaen, Raphael
Gauci, Adam
Lecocq, Thomas
Nardone, Gabriele
Orasi, Arianna
Picone, Marco
Cannata, Andrea
Keywords: Microseisms
Severe storms -- Mediterranean region
Environmental monitoring -- Mediterranean region
Weather -- Environmental aspects
Storms -- Mediterranean region
Remote sensing
Issue Date: 2023
Citation: Borzì, A. M., Minio, V., Cannavò, F., Cavallaro, A., D'Amico, S., De Plaen, R.,...Cannata, A. (2023, Apr). Microseism and Medicane Apollo: a new approach to investigate the Mediterranean extreme weather events (No. EGU23-3193), Austria. 10-15.
Abstract: Microseism is the most continuous and ubiquitous seismic signal on the Earth and is caused by the interaction between the atmosphere, the hydrosphere and the Solid Earth. In literature, there are several studies that deal with the relationship between microseism and cyclonic activity considering in particular hurricanes, tropical cyclones and typhoons. However, the relationships between microseism and the small-scale tropical cyclones that occur in the Mediterranean Sea, called Medicanes, have never been analysed. For this reason, we considered the Medicane Apollo, which developed in the Ionian Sea and impacted the eastern part of Sicily during the period 25th October to 5th November 2021 causing heavy rainfall (> 400 mm/48h), strong wind gusts (104 km/h) and violent sea waves (significant wave height > 3.5 m). Furthermore, the heavy rainfall induced by the presence of Apollo, caused damage to infrastructure and agriculture forcing the Sicilian regional government to declare a state of emergency for 32 municipalities (in the provinces of Catania, Messina, Siracusa and Ragusa) that were mostly affected by the Medicane Apollo.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/108567
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