1^st Meeting on Mediterranean Cyclones and Aerosol

Castro Marina (Lecce, Italy) 20 – 22 September 2021

MONDAY 20 September

TIME	PRESENTING AUTHOR	TITLE
*OPENING*
9:30–9:45	Umberto Rizza CNR-ISAC	Welcome and general presentation
9:45–10:00	Silvio Davolio CNR-ISAC Emmanouil Flaunas HCMR Jonilda Kushta The Cyprus Institute	COST CA19109 – MEDCYCLONES
*SESSION 1 – MEDICANES*
10:00–10:30	Marcello Miglietta CNR-ISAC	Overview of research on Medicanes
10:30–11:00	Giulia Panegrossi CNR-ISAC	Unprecedented observations of Medicane precipitation structure by the GPM Core Observatory and constellation satellites	R
11:00-11:30	COFFEE BREAK
11:30–12:00	Umberto Rizza CNR-ISAC	Evaluation of drag coefficients under medicane conditions: Coupling waves, sea spray and surface friction
12:00–12:30	Enrique Pravia-Sarabia (Juan P. Montavez) Un. Murcia	Influence of sea salt aerosols on the development of Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones	R

*SESSION 2 – MEDITERRANEAN CYCLONE DYNAMICS AND AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS*
16:00-16:30	Shira Raveh-Rubin Weizmann Institue of Science	The importance of a series of Rossby wave breaking for dust transport near Mediterranean cyclones	R
16:30-17:00	Yonatan Givon Weizmann Institue of Science	Mistral-related Alpine lee-cyclogenesis: a PV-based SOM classification	R
17:00-17:30	COFFEE BREAK
17:30-18:00	Antonio Ricchi CETEMPS	On the Ocean Mixed Layer influence on the genesis of Mediterranean Tropical-Like cyclones
18:00-18:30	Emanuele S. Gentile Un. Reading	Sensitivity of ensemble convective-scale coupled system: an atmosphere-ocean-wave coupling in a cyclone case study

R stands for Remote attendance

TUESDAY 21 September

TIME	PRESETING AUTHOR	TITLE
*SESSION 3.1 – AEROSOL AND CYCLONES*
9:30–10:00	Emmanouil Flaounas HCMR	An overview of Mediterranean cyclone dynamics and the potential role of dust therein	R
10:00–10:30	Sara Basart BSC	inDust: Towards the generation of user-oriented desert dust services	R
10:30-11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00-11:30	Piera Ielpo CNR-ISAC (Konrad Kandler) TU Darmstadt	Seasonal aerosol dry deposition in Lecce: chemistry and potential source regions	R
11:30–12:00	Stavros Solomos Academy of Athens	Dust – cyclones interactions in the Mediterranean	R
12:00–12:30	Federico Cassola ARPAL	Extreme precipitation events in Liguria (Italy): a possible role of natural aerosol?

*SESSION 3.2 – AEROSOL AND CYCLONES*
16:00-16:30	Paolo Tuccella CETEMPS	The WRF-CHIMERE coupled online model: a tool for simulating aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions
16:30-17:00	Bojan Cvetkovic Un. Belgrade	DREAM fully coupled atmospheric-dust NWP model-Dust interaction with clouds	R
17:00-17:30	COFFEE BREAK
17:30-18:00	Mauro Morichetti CNR-ISAC	Air pollution from natural and anthropogenic sources over Mediterranean region
18:00-18:30	Marcello Miglietta CNR-ISAC	Toward a shared definition of Medicanes

WEDNESDAY 22 September

TIME	PRESETING AUTHOR	TITLE
*SESSION 4 – A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: THE VAIA STORM*
9:00-9:30	Silvio Davolio CNR-ISAC	Vaia storm: intense cyclone, atmospheric river and wind storm
9:30–10:00	Umberto Rizza CNR-ISAC	Investigation of the indirect effects of dust on the Mediterranean severe weather system: application for the Vaia storm
10:00–10:30	Tony C. Landi CNR-ISAC	Preliminary evaluation of direct and indirect effects of the aerosols on the cyclogenisis: the case study of VAIA storm
10:30–11:00	Discussion and Conclusions

R stands for Remote attendance

The Organizing Committee (CNR-ISAC):

Silvio Davolio, Mario Marcello Miglietta, Umberto Rizza, Giovanni Lella, Fabio Grasso

Info: MMCA_2021@isac.cnr.it

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