Climate of the mediterranean: Synoptic patterns, temperature, precipitation, winds, and their extremes

The Climate of the Mediterranean Region

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 301-346

  Ulbrich, Uwe ^a   Lionello, Piero ^b,c   Belušić, Danijel ^d   Jacobeit, Jucundus ^e   Knippertz, Peter ^f   Kuglitsch, Franz G ^g   Leckebusch, Gregor C ^h   Luterbacher, Jürg ⁱ   Maugeri, Maurizio ^j   Maheras, Panagiotis ^k   Nissen, Katrin M ^l   Pavan, Valentina ^l   Pinto, Joaquim G ^m   Saaroni, Hadas ⁿ   Seubert, Stefanie ^o   Toreti, Andrea ⁱ   Xoplaki, Elena ^g   Ziv, Baruch ^o  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^k ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^l ARPA SIMC   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁿ TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^o OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416042-2.00005-7     Document Type: Chapter

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