Subtropical cyclones over the oceanic basins: a review

Author(s)

da Rocha, Rosmeri Porfirio ; Reboita, Michelle Simoes ; Gozzo, Luiz Felippe ; Mosso Dutra, Livia Marcia ; de Jesus, Eduardo Marcos

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; v. 1436, n. 1, p. 19-pg., 2019-01-01.

Abstract

Subtropical cyclones are hybrid systems presenting a warm core at low levels, as tropical cyclones, and a cold core at upper levels, as extratropical cyclones. Their genesis can be as proper subtropical system or from the transitions (extratropical to subtropical or tropical to subtropical). Subtropical cyclones occur mostly over the sea and generate intense near surface winds with great impacts on human activities and ecosystems. We present a review of the main features, as obtained from observations and numerical simulations, for subtropical cyclone development over the major oceanic basins. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 08/58101-9 - Impact of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean on South American climate for the 20th and 21st centuries
• Grantee: Tercio Ambrizzi
• Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants