Climatic changes over the Mediterranean basin in 2031–2060, when a 2° C global warming
is most likely to occur, are investigated with the HadCM3 global circulation model and their …

Several seasonal and annual climate extreme indices have been calculated and their trends
(over 1958 to 2000) analysed to identify possible changes in temperature-and precipitation …

Investigation of the links between atmospheric circulation patterns and rainfall is important
for the understanding of climatic variability and for the development of empirical circulation …

Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology provides the first comprehensive account of the
dynamical behaviour and mechanisms of the global climate system and its components …

Abstract The Barcelona Metropolitan Area (BMA) is located in Catalonia, northeastern
Spain. With a population of over 3 billion people, the BMA is one of the most populous …

A new monthly precipitation database has been developed for conterminous provinces in
Spain by exploiting the total amount of data available at Spanish Meteorological Agency …

This study investigates the synoptic atmospheric circulations associated with 11 typical
spatial patterns for significant rainfall days for Mediterranean Spain, which have been …

The climate of the Iberian Peninsula is highly variable due to geographic and atmospheric
factors. To better understand and characterize this variability in this work a stepwise …

This paper aims to analyse the distribution and temporal evolution of convective
precipitation in the Mediterranean region of Spain. To accomplish this goal, we used 148 …

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 …