Soil water erosion on cultivated lands represents a severe threat to soil resources in the
world, and especially in Mediterranean areas, due to their topographic, edaphic and climatic …

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 …

Abstract On November 15, 2017, a high intensity convective storm, reaching 300 mm in 13 h
in the core zone of the event, hit the western part of the region of Attica in Greece, causing a …

The Mediterranean countries are experiencing important challenges related to the water
cycle, including water shortages and floods, extreme winds, and ice/snow storms, that …

Extreme precipitation of multiple durations is responsible for major natural hazards in
mountainous regions, such as flash floods and debris flows. Understanding the orographic …

Expected changes to future extreme precipitation remain a key uncertainty associated with
anthropogenic climate change. Extreme precipitation has been proposed to scale with the …

This paper describes an integrated, high-resolution dataset of hydro-meteorological
variables (rainfall and discharge) concerning a number of high-intensity flash floods that …

In mountain environments, the coupling of hillslopes processes with the channel network
during extreme events is of great importance for rivers dynamics, as debris flows and …

Worldwide, Mediterranean crop** systems face the complex challenge of producing
enough high-quality food while preserving the quantity and quality of scarce water for …

The metastatistical extreme value approach proved promising in the frequency analysis of
daily precipitation from ordinary events, outperforming traditional methods based on …