Volume 1: Air, Sea and Precipitation Water
Editors: Antonio Navarra, Laurence Tubiana
ISBN: 978-94-007-5780-6 (Print) 978-94-007-5781-3 (Online)
Series Title: Advances in Global Change Research
Series Volume: 50
Series ISSN: 1574-0919
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5769-1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Ulbrich, U.; Xoplaki, E.; Dobricic, S.; García-Herrera, R.; Lionello, P.; […] ; (2013) Past and Current Climate Changes in the Mediterranean Region, in (A.Navarra and L.Tubiana eds), Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean , in Advances in Global Change Research 50, 9-50, Springer Netherlands, ISBN: 978-94-007-5780-6 (Print) 978-94-007-5781-3 (Online)
Volume1 – Table of Contents
PART I: Air, Sea and Precipitation
Introduction
- Past and Current Climate Changes in the Mediterranean Region
- Future Climate Projections
- Mechanisms of Climate Variability, Air Quality and Impacts of Atmospheric Constituents in the Mediterranean Region
- Detection and Attribution
- Summary and Major Findings
PART II: Water
Introduction
- The Hydrological Cycle of the Mediterranean
- Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Bodies: Quantitative Aspects
- Impacts of Climate Change on Water Quality
- Summary and Major Findings
- Index
This is volume 1 of a three-volume final report which thoroughly describes, synthesizes and analyzes the results of the four-year Integrated Research Project CIRCE – Climate Change and Impact Research: Mediterranean Environment, funded by the EU 6th Framework Programme. The volume analyzes and reviews current knowledge of observed climate variability and trends in the Mediterranean, including descriptions of available temperature and precipitation station and gridded data sets.
Part 1 deals with analyses of the physical aspects of climate change in the Mediterranean, assessing possible changes under greenhouse concentration scenarios, estimating uncertainties, detecting and attributing past and present changes, understanding mechanisms and evaluating their relevance in the problem of climate change. Part 2 offers an overview of water resources, and reviews the impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle of the region.
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