Reviews and perspectives of high impact atmospheric processes in the Mediterranean

被引：96

作者：

Michaelides, Silas ^{[1
,2
]}

Karacostas, Theodore ^{[3
]}

Luis Sanchez, Jose ^{[4
]}

Retalis, Adrianos ^{[5
]}

Pytharoulis, Ioannis ^{[3
]}

Homar, Victor ^{[6
]}

Romero, Romualdo ^{[6
]}

Zanis, Prodromos ^{[3
]}

Giannakopoulos, Christos ^{[5
]}

Buehl, Johannes ^{[7
]}

Ansmann, Albert ^{[7
]}

Merino, Andres ^{[4
]}

Melcon, Pablo ^{[4
]}

Lagouvardos, Konstantinos ^{[5
]}

Kotroni, Vassiliki ^{[5
]}

Bruggeman, Adriana ^{[1
]}

Ignacio Lopez-Moreno, Juan ^{[8
]}

Berthet, Claude ^{[9
]}

Katragkou, Eleni ^{[3
]}

Tymvios, Filippos ^{[1
,10
]}

Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G. ^{[2
]}

Mamouri, Rodanthi-Elisavet ^{[1
,2
]}

Nisantzi, Argyro ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Cyprus Inst, EEWRC, Nicosia, Cyprus

[2] Cyprus Univ Technol Limassol, Dept Civil Engn & Geomat, Nicosia, Cyprus

[3] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Dept Meteorol & Climatol, Thessaloniki, Greece

[4] Univ Leon, IMA, Atmospher Phys Grp, Leon, Spain

[5] Natl Observ Athens, Inst Environm Res & Sustainable Dev, Athens, Greece

[6] Univ Illes Balears, Dept Fis, Grp Meteorol, Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Island, Spain

[7] TROPOS Leibniz Inst Tropospharenforsch eV, Leipzig, Germany

[8] CSIC, Inst Pirenaico Ecol, Zaragoza, Spain

[9] Anelfa, 52 Rue Alfred Dumeril, Toulouse, France

[10] Cyprus Dept Meteorol, Nicosia, Cyprus

来源：

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH | 2018年 / 208卷

基金：

欧盟地平线“2020”;

关键词：

Mediterranean; Atmospheric processes; Medicanes; Explosive cyclones; Climate change; Drought; Flood; Atmospheric chemistry; Dust and pollution; Extreme weather phenomena; Weather modification; CLOUD SEEDING EXPERIMENTS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT; SUMMERTIME TROPOSPHERIC-OZONE; CLIMATE-CHANGE PROJECTIONS; GROUND LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; NEAR-SURFACE OZONE; TORRENTIAL PRECIPITATION EVENT; REMOTE-SENSING MEASUREMENTS; TROPICAL-LIKE CYCLONE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.11.022

中图分类号：

P4 [大气科学（气象学）];

学科分类号：

0706 ; 070601 ;

摘要：

The Mediterranean region is a unique area characterized by a large spectrum of atmospheric phenomena, some of which have a high impact on many aspects of human activities, safety and wellbeing. The area is long considered as a hot spot of such atmospheric phenomena deserving multidisciplinary scientific attention. The scientific research that has been carried out on these high impact atmospheric processes that occur in the Mediterranean area is indeed widespread and the available international literature is very extensive. The paper touches initially the temperature and precipitation regimes, followed by a discussion of floods and droughts. The exciting cyclogenetic patterns of explosive cyclones and medicanes are presented in separate sections. The lightning activity and the presence of dust and other pollutants are also presented herein. The atmospheric chemistry of the region which is increasingly becoming of utmost importance for the area under study is distinctly discussed. Attempts to modify the weather (the precipitation, in particular) are outlined too. The effects of climatic change on various atmospheric processes are considered throughout this paper, in addition to a dedicated section on temperature and precipitation.

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