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Dynamical characteristics of Amphan and its impact on COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh

In May 2020, a category-5 tropical cyclone (TC) Amphan formed in the Bay of Bengal and struck the coasts of India and Bangladesh. In this study, the relevant dynamic characteristics and aftermaths of Amphan are documented. Through detailed investigation of the reanalysis and observation data, spatio...

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Autores principales: Meng, Wenjian, Zhang, Kewei, Liu, Haijiang, Hussain, Mohammad Asad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9870207/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00703-023-00950-9
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Zhang, Kewei
Liu, Haijiang
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description In May 2020, a category-5 tropical cyclone (TC) Amphan formed in the Bay of Bengal and struck the coasts of India and Bangladesh. In this study, the relevant dynamic characteristics and aftermaths of Amphan are documented. Through detailed investigation of the reanalysis and observation data, spatiotemporal varying characteristics of the atmospheric and oceanic parameters during the Amphan propagation process were analyzed. Due to a wide range of high sea surface temperature anomaly, Amphan developed rapidly and ultimately led to the local heavy precipitation and strong winds in the coastal areas during its passage. It is also noted that the recorded wave height, wave period, and current speed all amplified when Amphan passed by and the characteristics of wave and current directions are also consistent with the temporal variation of the corresponding wind field. Meanwhile, Amphan occurred in accompany with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Khulna Division of Bangladesh, the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases increased rapidly after Amphan landing, which however was almost nil before the event, indicating there might exist a possible correlation between Amphan and the intensive outbreak of the local COVID-19, and particular attentions should be paid to deal with the multi-type, coexisting disasters if different or even conflicting measures are required.
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spelling pubmed-98702072023-01-25 Dynamical characteristics of Amphan and its impact on COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh Meng, Wenjian Zhang, Kewei Liu, Haijiang Hussain, Mohammad Asad Meteorol Atmos Phys Original Paper In May 2020, a category-5 tropical cyclone (TC) Amphan formed in the Bay of Bengal and struck the coasts of India and Bangladesh. In this study, the relevant dynamic characteristics and aftermaths of Amphan are documented. Through detailed investigation of the reanalysis and observation data, spatiotemporal varying characteristics of the atmospheric and oceanic parameters during the Amphan propagation process were analyzed. Due to a wide range of high sea surface temperature anomaly, Amphan developed rapidly and ultimately led to the local heavy precipitation and strong winds in the coastal areas during its passage. It is also noted that the recorded wave height, wave period, and current speed all amplified when Amphan passed by and the characteristics of wave and current directions are also consistent with the temporal variation of the corresponding wind field. Meanwhile, Amphan occurred in accompany with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Khulna Division of Bangladesh, the number of newly confirmed COVID-19 cases increased rapidly after Amphan landing, which however was almost nil before the event, indicating there might exist a possible correlation between Amphan and the intensive outbreak of the local COVID-19, and particular attentions should be paid to deal with the multi-type, coexisting disasters if different or even conflicting measures are required. Springer Vienna 2023-01-23 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9870207/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00703-023-00950-9 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature 2023, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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title_fullStr Dynamical characteristics of Amphan and its impact on COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Dynamical characteristics of Amphan and its impact on COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh
title_short Dynamical characteristics of Amphan and its impact on COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh
title_sort dynamical characteristics of amphan and its impact on covid-19 cases in bangladesh
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9870207/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00703-023-00950-9
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