Meteorological aspects of heavy precipitation in relation to floods–an overview

AJ Breugem, JG Wesseling, K Oostindie… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Floods do have multiple aspects: they are integral phenomena by nature. In this paper we
deal with the meteorological aspects, which need to be adequately understood in order to …

Integration of landslide hazard into urban planning across Europe

RM Mateos, J López-Vinielles, E Poyiadji… - Landscape and urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
An enquiry-based and participatory analysis approach is carried out to identify the strengths
and weaknesses in the heterogeneous legislations across Europe that regulate the …

Strategies for conservation planning and management of terrestrial ecosystems in small islands (exemplified for the Macaronesian islands)

JP Fernandes, N Guiomar, A Gil - Environmental Science & Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
The present paper addresses the conservation planning and management issues of
terrestrial ecosystems with particular insight to small islands (with examples of application in …

Projection of changes in flash flood occurrence under climate change at tourist attractions

Y Zhang, Y Wang, Y Chen, Y Xu, G Zhang, Q Lin… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Flash floods cause widespread fatalities and economic losses. Climate change exacerbates
the uncertainties of flash flood risk worldwide. Tourist attractions are particularly vulnerable …

Topological data analysis and machine learning for recognizing atmospheric river patterns in large climate datasets

G Muszynski, K Kashinath, V Kurlin… - Geoscientific Model …, 2019 - gmd.copernicus.org
Identifying weather patterns that frequently lead to extreme weather events is a crucial first
step in understanding how they may vary under different climate change scenarios. Here …

The collapse of marine forests: drastic reduction in populations of the family Sargassaceae in Madeira Island (NE Atlantic)

A Bernal-Ibáñez, I Gestoso, P Wirtz… - Regional Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Species of the genera Cystoseira, Ericaria, Gongolaria, and Sargassum (family
Sargassaceae) are key components of the Mediterranean-Atlantic marine forests, essential …

Explosive development of winter storm Xynthia over the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

MLR Liberato, JG Pinto, RM Trigo… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2013 - nhess.copernicus.org
In winter of 2009–2010 south-western Europe was hit by several destructive windstorms.
The most important was Xynthia (26–28 February 2010), which caused 64 reported …

Projected changes in atmospheric rivers affecting Europe in CMIP5 models

AM Ramos, R Tomé, RM Trigo… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Atmospheric Rivers (ARs) are elongated bands of high water vapor concentration
extending to the midlatitudes, which can be associated with intense precipitation and floods …

Flash flood events along the west mediterranean coasts: Inundations of urbanized areas conditioned by anthropic impacts

F Faccini, F Luino, G Paliaga, A Roccati, L Turconi - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Flash floods represent one of the natural hazards that causes the greatest number of victims
in the Mediterranean area. These processes occur by short and intense rainfall affecting …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation of the deadliest flood event of Portugal: Unravelling the causes of the disaster

D Fernández-Nóvoa, J González-Cao… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The flood event of November 25 and 26, 1967 corresponds to the deadliest storm affecting
Portugal in recent centuries being responsible for> 500 fatalities. The main trigger was the …