Articles | Volume 28, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-283-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-283-2024
Research article
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18 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 18 Jan 2024

Synoptic weather patterns conducive to compound extreme rainfall–wave events in the NW Mediterranean

Marc Sanuy, Juan C. Peña, Sotiris Assimenidis, and José A. Jiménez

Data sets

ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

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Short summary
The work presents the first classification of weather types associated to compound events of extreme rainfall and coastal storms. These are found to be characterized by upper-level lows and troughs in conjunction with Mediterranean cyclones, resulting in severe to extreme coastal storms combined with convective systems. We used objective classification methods coupled with a Bayesian Network, testing different variables, domains and number of weather types.