Investigation of Atmospheric Conditions Associated with a Storm Surge in the South-West of Iran

Severe thunderstorms are often accompanied by strong vertical air currents, temporary wind gusts, and heavy rainfall. The development of this atmospheric phenomenon over tropical shallow water zones, such as bays, can lead to intensification of atmospheric disturbances and produce a small-scale stor...

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Autores principales: Esmaeil Abbasi, Hana Etemadi, Joseph M. Smoak, Iman Rousta, Haraldur Olafsson, Piotr Baranowski, Jaromir Krzyszczak
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:82c5de03c5dc483e86a2a9852a026fb92021-11-25T16:44:36ZInvestigation of Atmospheric Conditions Associated with a Storm Surge in the South-West of Iran10.3390/atmos121114292073-4433https://doaj.org/article/82c5de03c5dc483e86a2a9852a026fb92021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/11/1429https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4433Severe thunderstorms are often accompanied by strong vertical air currents, temporary wind gusts, and heavy rainfall. The development of this atmospheric phenomenon over tropical shallow water zones, such as bays, can lead to intensification of atmospheric disturbances and produce a small-scale storm surge. Here, the storm surge that occurred on 19 March 2017 in the Persian Gulf coastal area has been investigated. Air temperature, precipitation, mean sea level pressure, wave height, wind direction, wind speed, geopotential height, zonal components, meridional winds, vertical velocity, relative humidity, and specific humidity obtained from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and Global Forecast System (FNL) were used to implement the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The results showed that the main cause of the storm surge was the occurrence of a supercell thunderstorm over the Persian Gulf. The formation of this destructive phenomenon resulted from a downburst under Cumulonimbus cloud and high-velocity air subsidence, after collision with the sea surface coinciding with the high tide. This caused a severe, yet temporary, gust, which in turn caused the creation of the four waves of 3.1 m height along the coast of Bandar Dayyer.Esmaeil AbbasiHana EtemadiJoseph M. SmoakIman RoustaHaraldur OlafssonPiotr BaranowskiJaromir KrzyszczakMDPI AGarticlesynoptic mapsthunderstormdownburstWRF ModelBandar DayyerMeteorology. ClimatologyQC851-999ENAtmosphere, Vol 12, Iss 1429, p 1429 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic synoptic maps
thunderstorm
downburst
WRF Model
Bandar Dayyer
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999
spellingShingle synoptic maps
thunderstorm
downburst
WRF Model
Bandar Dayyer
Meteorology. Climatology
QC851-999
Esmaeil Abbasi
Hana Etemadi
Joseph M. Smoak
Iman Rousta
Haraldur Olafsson
Piotr Baranowski
Jaromir Krzyszczak
Investigation of Atmospheric Conditions Associated with a Storm Surge in the South-West of Iran
description Severe thunderstorms are often accompanied by strong vertical air currents, temporary wind gusts, and heavy rainfall. The development of this atmospheric phenomenon over tropical shallow water zones, such as bays, can lead to intensification of atmospheric disturbances and produce a small-scale storm surge. Here, the storm surge that occurred on 19 March 2017 in the Persian Gulf coastal area has been investigated. Air temperature, precipitation, mean sea level pressure, wave height, wind direction, wind speed, geopotential height, zonal components, meridional winds, vertical velocity, relative humidity, and specific humidity obtained from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and Global Forecast System (FNL) were used to implement the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The results showed that the main cause of the storm surge was the occurrence of a supercell thunderstorm over the Persian Gulf. The formation of this destructive phenomenon resulted from a downburst under Cumulonimbus cloud and high-velocity air subsidence, after collision with the sea surface coinciding with the high tide. This caused a severe, yet temporary, gust, which in turn caused the creation of the four waves of 3.1 m height along the coast of Bandar Dayyer.
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author Esmaeil Abbasi
Hana Etemadi
Joseph M. Smoak
Iman Rousta
Haraldur Olafsson
Piotr Baranowski
Jaromir Krzyszczak
author_facet Esmaeil Abbasi
Hana Etemadi
Joseph M. Smoak
Iman Rousta
Haraldur Olafsson
Piotr Baranowski
Jaromir Krzyszczak
author_sort Esmaeil Abbasi
title Investigation of Atmospheric Conditions Associated with a Storm Surge in the South-West of Iran
title_short Investigation of Atmospheric Conditions Associated with a Storm Surge in the South-West of Iran
title_full Investigation of Atmospheric Conditions Associated with a Storm Surge in the South-West of Iran
title_fullStr Investigation of Atmospheric Conditions Associated with a Storm Surge in the South-West of Iran
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of Atmospheric Conditions Associated with a Storm Surge in the South-West of Iran
title_sort investigation of atmospheric conditions associated with a storm surge in the south-west of iran
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/82c5de03c5dc483e86a2a9852a026fb9
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