Climate variability and socio-environmental changes in the northern Aegean (NE Mediterranean) during the last 1500 years

A Gogou, M Triantaphyllou, E Xoplaki… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
We provide new evidence on sea surface temperature (SST) variations and
paleoceanographic/paleoenvironmental changes over the past 1500 years for the north …

Wet season Mediterranean precipitation variability: influence of large-scale dynamics and trends

E Xoplaki, JF González-Rouco, J Luterbacher… - Climate dynamics, 2004 - Springer
The influence of the large-scale atmospheric circulation at several tropospheric levels on
wet season precipitation over 292 sites across the Mediterranean area is assessed. A …

Summer heat waves over western Europe 1880–2003, their relationship to large-scale forcings and predictability

PM Della-Marta, J Luterbacher, H von Weissenfluh… - Climate Dynamics, 2007 - Springer
We investigate the large-scale forcing and teleconnections between atmospheric circulation
(sea level pressure, SLP), sea surface temperatures (SSTs), precipitation and heat wave …

Mediterranean summer air temperature variability and its connection to the large-scale atmospheric circulation and SSTs

E Xoplaki, JF González-Rouco, J Luterbacher… - Climate dynamics, 2003 - Springer
The interannual and decadal variability of summer (June to September) air temperature over
the Mediterranean area is analyzed for the period 1950 to 1999. The combined influence of …

[PDF][PDF] A Review on climate change impacts on forest ecosystem services in the Mediterranean Basin

BD Appiagyei, L Belhoucine-Guezouguli… - Journal of …, 2022 - intapi.sciendo.com
ABSTRACT The Mediterranean Basin covers more than 2 million square kilometres and is
surrounded by three continents: Africa, Asia and Europe. The Basin that is rich in biodiversity …

The exceptionally hot summer of 2007 in Athens, Greece—a typical summer in the future climate?

D Founda, C Giannakopoulos - Global and planetary change, 2009 - Elsevier
Summer 2007 was abnormally warm for many areas of southeastern Europe, the Balkan
peninsula and parts of Asia Minor with departures from the seasonal means exceeding 4° C …

Spatio-temporal analysis of heatwaves characteristics in Greece from 1950 to 2020

E Galanaki, C Giannaros, V Kotroni, K Lagouvardos… - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heatwave events are of major concern in the global context, since they can significantly
impact ecosystems, economies and societies. For this reason, more detailed analyses of the …

Reconstructions of spring/summer precipitation for the Eastern Mediterranean from tree-ring widths and its connection to large-scale atmospheric circulation

R Touchan, E Xoplaki, G Funkhouser, J Luterbacher… - Climate dynamics, 2005 - Springer
This study represents the first large-scale systematic dendroclimatic sampling focused on
developing chronologies from different species in the eastern Mediterranean region. Six …

Spatiotemporal application of the standardized precipitation index (SPI) in the eastern Mediterranean

DE Tsesmelis, I Leveidioti, CA Karavitis… - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ever-increasing need for water, the alteration in the climate, and its observed changes
over recent years have triggered a lot of research studies associated with the phenomenon …

Analysis of urban heat island and heat waves using Sentinel-3 images: a study of Andalusian Cities in Spain

DH García - Earth Systems and Environment, 2022 - Springer
At present, understanding the synergies between the Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI)
phenomenon and extreme climatic events entailing high mortality, ie, heat waves, is a great …