[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 …

Extratropical cyclone classification and its use in climate studies

JL Catto - Reviews of Geophysics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Extratropical cyclones have long been known to be important for midlatitude weather. It is
therefore important that our current state‐of‐the‐art climate models are able to realistically …

Extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean: Spatiotemporal characteristics and connection to large‐scale atmospheric flow patterns

N Mastrantonas, P Herrera‐Lormendez… - International Journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean region is strongly affected by extreme precipitation events (EPEs),
sometimes leading to severe negative impacts on society, economy, and the environment …

Cyclones in the Mediterranean region: climatology and effects on the environment

P Lionello, J Bhend, A Buzzi, PM Della-Marta… - Developments in earth …, 2006 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter describes the evolution of research on cyclones in the
Mediterranean region and their role on climate. The dynamics responsible for the formation …

[HTML][HTML] On cyclonic tracks over the eastern Mediterranean

HA Flocas, I Simmonds, J Kouroutzoglou… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
In this study, an updated and extended climatology of cyclonic tracks affecting the eastern
Mediterranean region is presented, in order to better understand the Mediterranean climate …

Western Mediterranean cyclones and heavy rain. Part 2: Statistical approach

A Jansa, A Genoves, MA Picornell… - Meteorological …, 2001 - cambridge.org
This is the second part (statistical approach) of a work concerning the relationship between
heavy rain and cyclonic centres in the western Mediterranean. Using a statistical approach …

A coastal storms intensity scale for the Catalan sea (NW Mediterranean)

ET Mendoza, JA Jimenez… - Natural Hazards and Earth …, 2011 - nhess.copernicus.org
A 5-class intensity scale for wave storms in the Catalan coast is presented. This has been
done by analysing a storm data set which comprises 5 buoys during the period 1988/2008 …

The dynamical structure of intense Mediterranean cyclones

E Flaounas, S Raveh-Rubin, H Wernli, P Drobinski… - Climate Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
This paper presents and analyzes the three-dimensional dynamical structure of intense
Mediterranean cyclones. The analysis is based on a composite approach of the 200 most …

[HTML][HTML] Regional precipitation trends since 1500 CE reconstructed from calcite sublayers of a varved Mediterranean lake record (Central Pyrenees)

T Vegas-Vilarrúbia, JP Corella, J Sigró, V Rull… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean region is expected to be highly impacted by global warming, although
the uncertainty of future scenarios, particularly about precipitation patterns remains quite …

Three millennia of heavy rainfalls in Western Mediterranean: frequency, seasonality and atmospheric drivers

JP Corella, BL Valero-Garcés, SM Vicente-Serrano… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Documenting subdecadal-scale heavy rainfall (HR) variability over several millennia can
rarely be accomplished due to the paucity of high resolution, homogeneous and continuous …