Overview

This multi-authored book provides an updated description of climate variability in the Mediterranean basin, focusing on decadal and centennial time scales and on the results available on the impact of future emission scenarios at regional scale. The authors describs both local physical processes responsible for these variability - such as changes in the surface properties and land use- and globalprocesses - such as changes in the large scale atmospheric circulation associated to global warming, NAO, tropical monsoon and ENSO. Regional climate change issues are also addressed. Mediterranean Climate Variability aims to review the research on this region and to provide at the same time both an introduction and a reference for researchers. It covers topics typical of Climatology, Climate history, Meteorology, Oceanography, Environmental Science but the information here provided would also be useful for research in agriculture, social and economic studies. It is addressed to scientists and students interested in the Mediterranean climate and environment. Some topics have interesting connections to nearby regions: Northern Atlantic, West Africa, central and Eastern Europe. Each chapter will contain a summary meant to provide information to policy makers, researchers from other fields, and in general to a wide audience without a technical expertise on climate.

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Author:   P. Lionello (University of Salento and CMCC, Lecce, Italy) ,  Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.A.) ,  R. Boscolo (Instituto de Investigaciones Marines, Vigo, Spain)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Volume:   v. 4
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.920kg
ISBN:  

9780444521705

ISBN 10:   0444521704
Pages:   438
Publication Date:   10 May 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. Mediterranean Climate Variability over the last Centuries: a Review. 2. Relations Between Climate Variability in the Mediterranean Region and the Tropics: ENSO, South Asian and African Monsoons, Hurricanes and Saharan Dust. 3. Relations Between Variability in the Mediterranean Region and Mid-Latitude Variability. 4. Changes in the Oceanography of the Mediterranean sea and their link to Climate Variability. 5. The Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea as Connected System. 6. Cyclones in the Mediterranean Region: Climatology and Effects on the Environment. 7. Regional Atmospheric, Marine Processes and Climate Modelling. 8. The Mediterranean Climate Change Under Global Warming.

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Dr P. Lionello is chairman of the international program MedCLIVAR (Mediterranean CLImate VARiability and predictability) and the International Scientific Steering Committee of the HyMeX program. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts). He is currently teaching physics of the atmosphere and of the oceans at the University of Lecce for courses in physics and environmental science.

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