Introduction: Mediterranean climate-background information

The Climate of the Mediterranean Region

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lionello, Piero ^a,b   Abrantes, Fatima ^c   Congedi, Letizia ^a   Dulac, Francois ^d   Gacic, Miro ^e   Gomis, Damià ^f   Goodess, Clare ^g   Hoff, Holger ^h   Kutiel, Haim ⁱ   Luterbacher, Jürg ^j   Planton, Serge ^k   Reale, Marco ^a   Schröder, Katrin ^l   Vittoria Struglia, Maria ^m   Toreti, Andrea ^j,n   Tsimplis, Michael ^o   Ulbrich, Uwe ^p   Xoplaki, Elena ^j,n  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^h STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^j JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^l CNR   (Italy)

^m ENEA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^o NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^p FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416042-2.00012-4     Document Type: Editorial

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