The effect of cyclones crossing the Mediterranean region on sea level anomalies on the Mediterranean Sea coast

Lionello, Piero; Conte, Dario; Reale, Marco

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1541-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1541-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1541-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

Research article

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31 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 31 Jul 2019

The effect of cyclones crossing the Mediterranean region on sea level anomalies on the Mediterranean Sea coast

Piero Lionello, Dario Conte, and Marco Reale

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of the nhess-2019-6 paper', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Feb 2019
- AC3: 'answers to reviewer 1', Piero Lionello, 20 Mar 2019
RC2: 'Sea level anomalies associated with cyclones in the Mediterranean', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'answers to reviewer 2', Piero Lionello, 20 Mar 2019
RC3: 'Review Lionello et al. 2019', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Feb 2019
- AC2: 'answers to reviewer 3', Piero Lionello, 20 Mar 2019

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (05 Apr 2019) by Joaquim G. Pinto

AR by Piero Lionello on behalf of the Authors (18 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (29 May 2019) by Joaquim G. Pinto

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Jun 2019) by Joaquim G. Pinto

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Jun 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (14 Jun 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (15 Jun 2019) by Joaquim G. Pinto

AR by Piero Lionello on behalf of the Authors (30 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Jul 2019) by Joaquim G. Pinto

Short summary

Large positive and negative sea level anomalies on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea are produced by cyclones moving along the Mediterranean storm track, which are mostly generated in the western Mediterranean. The wind around the cyclone center is the main cause of sea level anomalies when a shallow water fetch is present. The inverse barometer effect produces a positive anomaly near the cyclone pressure minimum and a negative anomaly at the opposite side of the Mediterranean Sea.