[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 …

Extremes floods of Venice: characteristics, dynamics, past and future evolution

P Lionello, D Barriopedro, C Ferrarin… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2020 - nhess.copernicus.org
Floods in the Venice city centre result from the superposition of several factors: astronomical
tides, seiches and atmospherically forced fluctuations, which include storm surges …

The relation between climate change in the Mediterranean region and global warming

P Lionello, L Scarascia - Regional Environmental Change, 2018 - Springer
The recent (twentieth century) and future (twenty-first century) climate evolution in the
Mediterranean region is analyzed in relation to annual mean global surface temperature …

The summer 2022 drought: a taste of future climate for the Po valley (Italy)?

D Bonaldo, D Bellafiore, C Ferrarin, R Ferretti… - Regional Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The severe drought that affected large areas of Europe in Spring and Summer 2022 hit the
Po valley (northern Italy) with an intense water scarcity crisis. Productive activities …

MED-CORDEX initiative for Mediterranean climate studies

PM Ruti, S Somot, F Giorgi, C Dubois… - Bulletin of the …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Mediterranean is expected to be one of the most prominent and vulnerable climate
change “hotspots” of the twenty-first century, and the physical mechanisms underlying this …

Increased probability of compound long-duration dry and hot events in Europe during summer (1950–2013)

C Manning, M Widmann, E Bevacqua… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The propagation of drought from meteorological drought to soil moisture drought can be
accelerated by high temperatures during dry periods. The occurrence of extremely long …

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 …

Assessing the European offshore wind and wave energy resource for combined exploitation

C Kalogeri, G Galanis, C Spyrou, D Diamantis… - Renewable energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The main concern when utilizing renewable energy resources is their intermittency and
variability. One way to deal with this shortcoming is to harvest energy from complementary …

The climate of the Mediterranean region: research progress and climate change impacts

P Lionello, F Abrantes, M Gacic, S Planton… - Regional Environmental …, 2014 - Springer
This special issue was proposed at the second MedCLI-VAR conference (which was held in
Madrid, Spain, 26–29 September 2012) and has received a wide range of contributions …

On the relationships between forest fires and weather conditions in Greece from long-term national observations (1894–2010)

N Koutsias, G Xanthopoulos, D Founda… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Historical fire records and meteorological observations, spanning more than 1 century (1894–
2010), were gathered and assembled in a database, to provide long-term fire–weather …