Reviews and perspectives of high impact atmospheric processes in the Mediterranean

S Michaelides, T Karacostas, JL Sánchez, A Retalis… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean region is a unique area characterized by a large spectrum of
atmospheric phenomena, some of which have a high impact on many aspects of human …

Trends and extremes of drought indices throughout the 20th century in the Mediterranean

PM Sousa, RM Trigo, P Aizpurua… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2011 - nhess.copernicus.org
Average monthly precipitation, the original Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and a
recent adaptation to Europe, the Self Calibrated PDSI (scPDSI) have been used here to …

Effects of land use on annual runoff and soil loss in Europe and the Mediterranean: A meta-analysis of plot data

W Maetens, M Vanmaercke, J Poesen… - Progress in …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The largest currently compiled database of plot runoff and soil loss data in Europe and the
Mediterranean was analysed to investigate effects of land use on annual soil loss (SL) …

An updated review on recent trends in observational surface atmospheric variables and their extremes over Spain

SMV Serrano, ER Camino, FD Castro… - Cuadernos de …, 2017 - dialnet.unirioja.es
This article reviews the state-of-the-art findings on recent trends in observed atmospheric
variables and their extremes in Spain. Our study screened peer-reviewed articles, published …

Trend analysis and change point detection of seasonal and annual precipitation in Iran

S Salehi, M Dehghani, SM Mortazavi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to analyse spatial and temporal homogeneity and trends in
seasonal and annual precipitation and their fluctuations during 1957–2016 in Iran. For …

Variations of surface temperature and rainfall in Vietnam from 1971 to 2010

DQ Nguyen, J Renwick… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study characterizes rainfall and temperature variability for the whole of Vietnam and for
climate sub‐regions over 40 years from 1971 to 2010. Vietnam's average temperature has …

Towards a database on societal impact of Mediterranean floods within the framework of the HYMEX project

MC Llasat, M Llasat-Botija, O Petrucci… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2013 - nhess.copernicus.org
The NW Mediterranean region experiences every year heavy rainfall and flash floods that
occasionally produce catastrophic damages. Less frequent are floods that affect large …

Recent trends in individual and multivariate compound flood drivers in Canada's coasts

F Jalili Pirani, MR Najafi - Water Resources Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Over half of the global population and the majority of the cities in coastal zones are at risk of
coastal flooding. Changes in the occurrence of individual extremes and the interactions …

Assessing trends in climate aridity and vulnerability to soil degradation in Italy

A Colantoni, C Ferrara, L Perini, L Salvati - Ecological indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study illustrates a framework to analyze changes in climate aridity and soil
degradation on a country scale in Italy. The spatial distribution of an indicator of soil …

Long-term precipitation in Southwestern Europe reveals no clear trend attributable to anthropogenic forcing

D Peña-Angulo, SM Vicente-Serrano… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a long-term assessment of precipitation trends in Southwestern Europe (1850–
2018) using data from multiple sources, including observations, gridded datasets and global …