Mediterranean climate and oceanography, and the periodic development of anoxic events (sapropels)

EJ Rohling, G Marino, KM Grant - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Mediterranean sapropels are layers with elevated organic carbon concentrations that
contrast with surrounding sediments, which are organic poor. Sapropels occur (quasi-) …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Rainfall: features and variations over Saudi Arabia, a review

H Hasanean, M Almazroui - Climate, 2015 - mdpi.com
The Saudi Arabia (SA) climate varies greatly, depending on the geography and the season.
According to Köppen and Geiger, the climates of SA is “desert climate”. The analysis of the …

Spatial distribution and microscale characteristics of the urban heat island in Tel-Aviv, Israel

H Saaroni, E Ben-Dor, A Bitan, O Potchter - Landscape and urban planning, 2000 - Elsevier
A significant urban heat island (UHI) was identified in Tel-Aviv on a stable winter day. The
UHI detection was performed using air temperatures at both the roof and the street levels …

[PDF][PDF] Semi‐objective classification for daily synoptic systems: Application to the eastern Mediterranean climate change

P Alpert, I Osetinsky, B Ziv, H Shafir - … Journal of Climatology: A Journal of …, 2004 - m.tau.ac.il
Semi-objective classification of daily 1200 UTC synoptic systems was carried out by a
discriminant-like analysis of the National Center for Environmental Prediction–National …

Atmospheric CO2 forcing on Mediterranean biomes during the past 500 kyrs

A Koutsodendris, V Dakos, WJ Fletcher… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
There is growing concern on the survival of Mediterranean forests under the projected near-
future droughts as a result of anthropogenic climate change. Here we determine the …

Massive perturbation in terrestrial ecosystems of the Eastern Mediterranean region associated with the 8.2 kyr BP climatic event

J Pross, U Kotthoff, UC Müller, O Peyron… - …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The climatic perturbation at ca. 8.2 kyr BP is the strongest short-term climate anomaly within
the Holocene. It is generally attributed to a meltwater-induced slowdown of the thermohaline …

A dynamic concept for eastern Mediterranean circulation and oxygenation during sapropel formation

JSL Casford, EJ Rohling, RH Abu-Zied… - Palaeogeography …, 2003 - Elsevier
We propose that intermittent bottom water ventilation occurred throughout periods of
sapropel deposition, and that the recently reported sapropel 'interruptions' represent …

Vegetation and climate changes in the South Eastern Mediterranean during the Last Glacial-Interglacial cycle (86 ka): new marine pollen record

D Langgut, A Almogi-Labin, M Bar-Matthews… - Quaternary Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Eastern Mediterranean, located at the meeting between the Mediterranean vegetation
of the Eurasian continent and the desert vegetation of the Saharan-Arabian desert belt, is …

[HTML][HTML] Planetary-and synoptic-scale signatures associated with Central American cold surges

DM Schultz, WE Bracken… - Monthly Weather Review, 1998 - journals.ametsoc.org
Boyle, JS, 1986a: Comparison of the synoptic conditions in midlatitudes accompanying cold
surges over eastern Asia for the months of December 1974 and 1978. Part I: Monthly mean …