The 19 January 2013 windstorm over the North Atlantic: large-scale dynamics and impacts on Iberia

• Published in: Weather and Climate Extremes
• Main Author: Margarida L.R. Liberato
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: Explosive cyclogenesis; Atmospheric river; Windstorm; Iberia; Wind and precipitation extremes; Natural hazards; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Downfall; The Downfall; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2014.06.002; https://doaj.org/article/1297140ba7c3435a875b88ee04f1f47f

On 19 January 2013 Portugal was once again on an extreme meteorological risk warning state due to the landfall of a rapidly deepening low pressure system exactly on the period of its maximum explosive development. This storm, named Gong, had a central minimum pressure of 968 hPa, observed wind gusts...