The general objective of the international MEDiterranean EXperiment (MEDEX) was the
better understanding and forecasting of cyclones that produce high impact weather in the …

Extreme summer precipitation often associated with flash floods has devastating impact on
the local economies and livelihood of millions of people over East China. Tracking down the …

Extreme precipitation events (EPEs) are meteorological phenomena of major concern for
society. They can have different characteristics depending on the physical mechanisms …

Heatwaves (HWs) are expected to increase both in duration and intensity in the next
decades, but little is known about their synoptic and mesoscalar behavior, which is …

Floods have a direct impact on the society and the environment, causing human losses,
affecting individual incomes and national economic activity including infrastructure …

The study of weather extremes is critical because of their great impact on the environment,
economy and society. The identification of areas at greater risk of extreme conditions, and of …

Focussing on the major cities of Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne in southeast Australia,
this study seeks to determine the environmental factors that distinguish between heavy …

This study analyses the temperature and precipitation dependence among stations in the
Mediterranean. The first station group is located in the eastern Mediterranean (EM) and …

Observations of changes in daily extreme precipitation from local to global scales provide
essential information for assessing the anthropogenic forcing driving natural climate. This …

Satellite observations of Australian rainfall are used with reanalysis fields to identify the
fundamental ingredients that distinguish extreme rain days from non‐extreme rain days. We …