[HTML][HTML] Mediterranean cyclones: Current knowledge and open questions on dynamics, prediction, climatology and impacts

E Flaounas, S Davolio, S Raveh-Rubin… - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - wcd.copernicus.org
A large number of intense cyclones occur every year in the Mediterranean basin, one of the
climate change hotspots. Producing a broad range of severe socio-economic and …

Varves of the Dead Sea sedimentary record

YB Dor, I Neugebauer, Y Enzel, MJ Schwab… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The sedimentary record of the Dead Sea provides an exceptional high-resolution archive of
past climate changes in the drought-sensitive eastern Mediterranean-Levant, a key region …

Extreme weather and societal impacts in the eastern Mediterranean

A Hochman, F Marra, G Messori, JG Pinto… - Earth System …, 2022 - esd.copernicus.org
Gaining a holistic understanding of extreme weather, from its physical drivers to its impacts
on society and ecosystems, is key to supporting future risk reduction and preparedness …

[HTML][HTML] Palaeolimnological evidence for an east–west climate see-saw in the Mediterranean since AD 900

N Roberts, A Moreno, BL Valero-Garcés… - Global and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
During the period of instrumental records, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has strongly
influenced inter-annual precipitation variations in the western Mediterranean, while some …

[PDF][PDF] Climate of the Mediterranean: synoptic patterns, temperature, precipitation, winds, and their extremes

U Ulbrich, P Lionello, D Belušić, J Jacobeit… - 2012 - opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de
In this chapter, regional climate conditions are described in terms of the proper ties and
behavior of the atmospheric circulation over and around the Mediterranean region (MR) …

Trends in rainfall regime over Israel, 1975–2010, and their relationship to large-scale variability

B Ziv, H Saaroni, R Pargament, T Harpaz… - Regional Environmental …, 2014 - Springer
Variations and trends in the rain regime of Israel are analyzed for 1975–2010, when
persistent global warming has been observed. Negative trend is observed over the majority …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change impacts on streamflow at the upper Jordan River based on an ensemble of regional climate models

A Givati, G Thirel, D Rosenfeld, D Paz - Journal of Hydrology: Regional …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Region The upper Jordan River is the major water resource in Israel, a
country which suffers from increasing shortage of natural water resources. Study Focus In …

[HTML][HTML] Compound warm–dry and cold–wet events over the Mediterranean

P De Luca, G Messori, D Faranda, PJ Ward… - Earth System …, 2020 - esd.copernicus.org
Abstract The Mediterranean (MED) Basin is a climate change hotspot that has seen drying
and a pronounced increase in heatwaves over the last century. At the same time, it is …

[HTML][HTML] The 4.2 ka BP event in the Levant

D Kaniewski, N Marriner, R Cheddadi, J Guiot… - Climate of the …, 2018 - cp.copernicus.org
The 4.2 ka BP event is defined as a phase of environmental stress characterized by severe
and prolonged drought of global extent. The event is recorded from the North Atlantic …

Atmospheric conditions inducing extreme precipitation over the eastern and western Mediterranean

U Dayan, K Nissen, U Ulbrich - Natural Hazards and Earth …, 2015 - nhess.copernicus.org
This review discusses published studies of heavy rainfall events over the Mediterranean
Basin, combining them in a more general picture of the dynamic and thermodynamic factors …