Analysis of the Christmas Storm Over Northern Italy

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Valeria Rillo

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Renata Vezzoli

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici - Impacts on Soil and Coasts Division (CMCC-ISC)

Maria Manzi

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Alessandra Zollo

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Luigi Cattaneo

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

Paola Mercogliano

Fondazione CMCC

Date Written: January 1, 2014

Abstract

Between the 24th and the 26th of December 2013 Northern Italy was interested by heavy and diffuse precipitations events. The same stormy event, called "Christmas storm", interested all European area producing numerous damages and diseases especially in France and UK. The aim of the present research paper is to describe such meteorological event for Veneto and Trentino regions and to investigate if it has been exceptional or not compared with typical climate of the area. First of all, a definition of extreme events is proposed, followed by a meteorological description of the event. After that, the reported precipitation values are compared with long time series (about 30 years) of historical observed precipitation and temperature data. Finally, a detailed description of the soil impacts is reported.

Keywords: Meteorological event, Extremes, Risks

Suggested Citation

Rillo, Valeria and Vezzoli, Renata and Manzi, Maria and Zollo, Alessandra and Cattaneo, Luigi and Mercogliano, Paola, Analysis of the Christmas Storm Over Northern Italy (January 1, 2014). CMCC Research Paper No. 210, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2640968 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2640968

Valeria Rillo (Contact Author)

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici ( email )

via Augusto Imperatore, 16
Lecce, I-73100
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Renata Vezzoli

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici - Impacts on Soil and Coasts Division (CMCC-ISC) ( email )

Lecce
Italy

Maria Manzi

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici ( email )

via Augusto Imperatore, 16
Lecce, I-73100
Italy

Alessandra Zollo

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici ( email )

via Augusto Imperatore, 16
Lecce, I-73100
Italy

Luigi Cattaneo

CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici ( email )

via Augusto Imperatore, 16
Lecce, I-73100
Italy

Paola Mercogliano

Fondazione CMCC ( email )

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Caserta, CASERTA 81055
Italy
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81055 (Fax)

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