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DOI	10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105415
	An overview of tornado and waterspout events in Catalonia (2000–2019)
	Rodríguez O.; Bech J.; Arús J.; Castán S.; Figuerola F.; Rigo T.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0169-8095
卷号	250
英文摘要	Tornado climatologies are essential to enhance our knowledge about their frequency and spatial distribution, together with their damage path characteristics. Due to their small spatiotemporal scale, tornado detection is strongly linked to visual observations. Therefore, social networks have become one of the most important sources of severe weather reports during the present century, including tornadoes, improving their detection and increasing the number of observed cases compared to previous decades. This article presents an analysis of tornado and waterspout events reported between 2000 and 2019 in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula), one of the southern European regions where these phenomena are most frequent. The study includes 105 tornadoes and 329 waterspouts reported in a 32,000 km2 area, and therefore, it presents one of the highest tornado and waterspout densities in the Mediterranean basin according to recent climatologies. Remote-sensing tools such as weather radar, lightning detection and satellite imagery have been used to validate each event. Moreover, fieldwork performed after several tornado cases and the use of high-resolution aerial imagery have provided information to characterise damage paths, including the length and width of the damage swath and the maximum intensity according to the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Finally, a list of the analysed events is provided for further research. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Climatology; Europe; Mediterranean; Severe weather; Tornado; Waterspout
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Aerial photography; Antennas; Climatology; Image enhancement; Meteorological radar; Radar imaging; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Tracking radar; High resolution aerial imagery; Lightning detection; Maximum intensities; Mediterranean basin; Path characteristic; Remote sensing tools; Spatio-temporal scale; Visual observations; Tornadoes; aerial survey; atmospheric dynamics; climatology; extreme event; Mediterranean environment; remote sensing; satellite data; spatial distribution; spatiotemporal analysis; tornado; waterspout; Catalonia; Spain
来源期刊	Atmospheric Research
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/162205
作者单位	Department of Applied Physics – Meteorology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; DT Catalonia, Spanish Meteorological Agency, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Agencia Pericial, Cornellà de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain; Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rodríguez O.,Bech J.,Arús J.,等. An overview of tornado and waterspout events in Catalonia (2000–2019)[J],2021,250.
APA	Rodríguez O.,Bech J.,Arús J.,Castán S.,Figuerola F.,&Rigo T..(2021).An overview of tornado and waterspout events in Catalonia (2000–2019).Atmospheric Research,250.
MLA	Rodríguez O.,et al."An overview of tornado and waterspout events in Catalonia (2000–2019)".Atmospheric Research 250(2021).