The Climate of the Mediterranean Region From the past to the future

The Mediterranean region contains a diverse and interesting climate ranging from areas with permanent glaciers to areas of subtropical, semiarid regions. The region is potentially sensitive to climate change and its progress has environmental, social, and economic implications within and beyond the...

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Main Author: Lionello, P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington Elsevier Science 2012, 2012
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Collection: Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a I.9 Water Balance and Mediterranean Sea CirculationI. 9.1 Water Balance; I.9.2 Mediterranean Sea Circulation and Water Masses; I.10 Present Mediterranean Sea Level; I.11 River Runoff; I.12 Cyclone and Main Synoptic Patterns; I.13 Mediterranean Winds; I.14 Wind-Generated Waves; I.15 Aerosol Climatology over the Basin; I.15.1 Variability; I.15.2 Radiative Impact; I.15.3 Impact on Precipitation; I.16 Future Climate; I.17 Major Open Issues; I.17.1 Paleoclimate Reconstructions; I.17.2 Historical Climatology; I.17.3 Present Trends in Precipitation; I.17.4 Water Budget 
505 0 |a The Case of the Last Interglacial; 1.3.2 High-Frequency Variations: The Case of MIS 3; 1.3.3 Deglaciation(s): The Case of the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition (LGIT); 1.3.4 Holocene Climate; General North Hemispheric Climate 
505 0 |a The Holocene in the Mediterranean RegionHO in the Mediterranean Region; The 8.2 Event in the Mediterranean Region; 1.4 Outlook; Acknowledgments; References; 2 A Review of 2000 Years of Paleoclimatic Evidence in the Mediterranean; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Long Instrumental Data Series from the Mediterranean; 2.3 Ships' Logbooks from the Mediterranean as Quasi-Instrumental Climate Information; 2.4 Tree-Ring Information from the Mediterranean; 2.5 Speleothem Information from the Mediterranean; 2.6 Paleoflood and Storm Records from the Mediterranean; 2.7 Lake Sediments from the Mediterranean 
505 0 |a From a Global Latitudinal Ocean to an Enclosed Sea; 1.2.1 Origin of the Mediterranean; 1.2.2 The Mediterranean and the Paratethys; 1.2.3 Mediterranean Salinity Crisis 
505 0 |a Mediterranean Climate--Background Information; I.1 Introduction; I.2 Socioeconomic Characteristics and Main Vulnerabilities; I.3 The Mediterranean Region; I.4 Paleoclimate Reconstruction; I.5 The Climate of the Mediterranean Region in Historical Times; I.6 Present Seasonal Temperature and Precipitation and Their Trends; I.7 Rain Spells and Their Characterization; I.8 Temperature and Precipitation Extremes; I.8.1 Temperature Extremes; I.8.2 Precipitation Extremes 
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520 |a The Mediterranean region contains a diverse and interesting climate ranging from areas with permanent glaciers to areas of subtropical, semiarid regions. The region is potentially sensitive to climate change and its progress has environmental, social, and economic implications within and beyond the region. Produced by the Mediterranean Climate Variability and Predictability Research Networking Project, this book reviews the evolution of the Mediterranean climate over the past two millennia with projections further into the twenty-first century as well as examining in detail various aspects of