[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 …

Varves of the Dead Sea sedimentary record

YB Dor, I Neugebauer, Y Enzel, MJ Schwab… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The sedimentary record of the Dead Sea provides an exceptional high-resolution archive of
past climate changes in the drought-sensitive eastern Mediterranean-Levant, a key region …

[HTML][HTML] Flood impact on the Spanish Mediterranean coast since 1960 based on the prevailing synoptic patterns

S Gil-Guirado, A Pérez-Morales, D Pino… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In a changing climate and in social context, tools and databases with high spatiotemporal
resolution are needed for increasing the knowledge on the relationship between …

A simplified MEV formulation to model extremes emerging from multiple nonstationary underlying processes

F Marra, D Zoccatelli, M Armon, E Morin - Advances in Water Resources, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a Simplified Metastatistical Extreme Value formulation (SMEV) able to
model hydro-meteorological extremes emerging from multiple underlying processes. The …

Paleo aridity in the Levant driven by a strong North Atlantic latitudinal surface temperature gradient and present-day relevance

Y Kushnir, M Stein, M Biasutti, Y Kiro… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The mechanisms underlying the current greenhouse gas (GHG) forced decline in
Mediterranean rainfall remain a matter of debate. To inform our understanding of the current …

[HTML][HTML] Coastal and orographic effects on extreme precipitation revealed by weather radar observations

F Marra, M Armon, E Morin - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2022 - hess.copernicus.org
The yearly exceedance probability of extreme precipitation of multiple durations is crucial for
infrastructure design, risk management, and policymaking. Local extremes emerge from the …

Fluvial palaeohydrology in the 21st century and beyond

VR Baker, G Benito, AG Brown… - Earth Surface …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Professor Kenneth J. Gregory was a major contributor to fluvial palaeohydrological
research. Beginning in the early 1980s, under his influence, rapid international growth of the …

The impact of extreme rainstorms on escarpment morphology in arid areas: Insights from the central Negev Desert

Y Shmilovitz, F Marra, Y Enzel, E Morin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of climate on topography, which is a theme in landscape evolution studies, has
been demonstrated, mostly, at mountain range scales and across climate zones. However …

Orographic effect on extreme precipitation statistics peaks at hourly time scales

F Marra, M Armon, M Borga… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Orographic impact on extreme subdaily precipitation is critical for risk management but
remains insufficiently understood due to complicated atmosphere‐orography interactions …

Flood frequency estimation and uncertainty in arid/semi-arid regions

A Metzger, F Marra, JA Smith, E Morin - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
At site flood frequency analysis (FFA) in arid/semi-arid watersheds poses unique challenges
to researchers and practitioners due to the generally limited data records. This study …