the snow storm of 8 march 2010 in catalonia (spain): a paradigmatic wet-snow event with a high societal impact
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Abstract
A heavy precipitation event swept over Catalonia (NE Spain) on 8 March 2010,
with a total amount that exceeded 100 mm locally and snowfall of more than
60 cm near the coast. Unusual for this region and at this time of the year,
this snowfall event affected mainly the coastal region and was accompanied by
thunderstorms and strong wind gusts in some areas. Most of the damage was due
to "wet snow", a kind of snow that favours accretion on power lines and
causes line-breaking and subsequent interruption of the electricity supply.
This paper conducts an interdisciplinary analysis of the event to show its
great societal impact and the role played by the recently developed social
networks (it has been called the first "Snowfall 2.0"), as well to analyse
the meteorological factors associated with the major damage, and to propose
an indicator that could summarise them. With this aim, the paper introduces
the event and its societal impact and compares it with other important
snowfalls that have affected the Catalan coast, using the PRESSGAMA database.
The second part of the paper shows the event's main meteorological features
and analyses the near-surface atmospheric variables responsible for the major
damage through the application of the SAFRAN (Système d'analyse
fournissant des renseignements atmosphériques à la neige) mesoscale
analysis, which, together with the proposed "wind, wet-snow index" (WWSI),
allows to estimate the severity of the event. This snow storm provides
further evidence of our vulnerability to natural hazards and highlights the
importance of a multidisciplinary approach in analysing societal impact and
the meteorological factors responsible for this kind of event.
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| Authors | ;M. C. Llasat;M. Turco;P. Quintana-Seguí;M. Llasat-Botija |
| Journal | anziam journal |
| Year | 2014 |
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10.5194/nhess-14-427-2014
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