Evaluation of the moisture sources in two extreme landfalling atmospheric river events using an Eulerian WRF tracers tool

• Published in: Earth System Dynamics
• Main Authors: Eiras Barca, Jorge, Domínguez, Francina, Hu, Huancui, Garaboa Paz, Ángel Daniel, Míguez Macho, Gonzalo
• Other Authors: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Física de Partículas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Dominguez; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21563; https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-1247-2017

A new 3-D tracer tool is coupled to the WRF model to analyze the origin of the moisture in two extreme atmospheric river (AR) events: the so-called Great Coastal Gale of 2007 in the Pacific Ocean and the Great Storm of 1987 in the North Atlantic. Results show that between 80 and 90 % of moisture adv...