In this study, the climatology of tornadoes, waterspouts and funnel clouds over Greece is
presented for the period 1709–2012. The climatology consists of two datasets. An historical …

Tornadoes have been reported in Greece over recent decades in specific sub-geographical
areas and have been associated with strong synoptic forcing. While it has been established …

Recent research revealed that western Greece and NW Peloponnese are regions that favor
prefrontal tornadic incidence. On March 25, 2009 a tornado developed approximately at 10 …

Tornadoes have been reported in Greece during the last few decades and recent studies
have given evidence that western Greece is an area vulnerable to tornadoes, waterspouts …

Abstract The COnsortium for Small-scale MOdeling (COSMO) was formed in October 1998,
and its general goal is to develop, improve and maintain a non-hydrostatic limited-area …

Tornadoes and waterspouts are violent phenomena of local scale, which are able to cause
damages and in many cases loss of life. Recent studies have given evidence that west …

Several tornadic events have been reported in Greece during the last decades and are
usually associated with strong synoptic scale forcing. Although most of them occur over the …

This book provides the proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Meteorology,
Climatology and Atmospheric Physics (COMECAP 2016) that is held in Thessaloniki from 19 …

Natural hazards pose an increasing threat to society and, for this reason, it is necessary to
develop models and methodologies for better understanding and forecasting extreme …

Ancient and traditional documents give evidence that tornadic activity over Greece is not as
rare as considered a couple decades ago. Significant research has been carried out during …