Two cold-season derechoes in Europe

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GATZEN Christoph PÚČIK Tomáš RÝVA David RÝVA David

Rok publikování 2011
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Atmospheric Research
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

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www http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809510003297
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.11.015
Obor Vědy o atmosféře, meteorologie
Klíčová slova Cold season; Derechoes; Europe
Popis In this study, we apply for the first time the definition of a derecho (Johns and Hirt, 1987) to European cold-season convective storm systems. These occurred on 18 January 2007 and 1 March 2008, respectively, and they are shown to fulfill the criteria of a derecho. Damaging winds were reported over a distance of 1500 km and locally reached F3 intensity. Synoptic analysis for the events reveal strongly forced situations that have been described for cold-season derechoes in the United States. A comparison of swaths of damaging winds, radar structures, detected lightning, cold pool development, and cloud-top temperatures indicates that both derechoes formed along cold fronts that were affected by strong quasi-geostrophic forcing. It seems that the overlap of the cold front position with the strong differential cyclonic vorticity advection at the cyclonic flank of mid-level jet streaks favoured intense convection and high winds. The movement and path width of the two derechoes seemed to be related to this overlap. The wind gust intensity that was also different for both events is discussed and could be related to the component of the mid-level winds perpendicular to the gust fronts.
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