UID:
almahu_9947366837402882
Format:
1 online resource (593 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-58191-3
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9786613611697
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0-12-391477-9
Series Statement:
Elsevier insights The climate of the Mediterranean region
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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The Climate of the Mediterranean Region; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Foreword; List of Contributors; Introduction: 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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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
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I.17.5 Sea Level and CirculationI.17.6 The Role of Aerosols; I.17.7 Climate Projections; I.17.8 Information for Climate-Change Impacts; I.17.9 Outlook; Acknowledgments; References; Link; 1 Paleoclimate Variability in the Mediterranean Region; 1.1 Introduction to Paleoclimatic Reconstruction Methods; 1.1.1 Reconstruction Approach; 1.2 The Geological History of the Mediterranean Through the Meso-Cenozoic: 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
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The History of Mediterranean DesiccationThe Onset of Gypsum Deposition on the Marginal Basins; The Sea-Level Drawdown and Salt Precipitation; The Lago Mare Phase; 1.2.4 The Pliocene Mediterranean Flooding; 1.2.5 Mediterranean Climate During the Pliocene; 1.3 Sensitivity and Variability at Different Climate States; 1.3.1 Warm Climate Intervals of the Pleistocene: 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
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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
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2.7.1 Late-Holocene Climate Records from Eastern Mediterranean Lake Sediments
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-416042-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
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