Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean and Black Seas

1. Front Matter

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2. Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean and Black Seas: Introduction

   • Ivica Vilibić, Kristian Horvath, Jose Luis Palau

   Pages 1-5

3. An Extreme Hailstorm on 27 July 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey: Synoptic Scale Circulation and Thermodynamic Evaluation

   • Hakki Baltaci, Bulent Oktay Akkoyunlu, Mete Tayanc

   Pages 7-20

4. Hydraulic and Wave Aspects of Novorossiysk Bora

   • Anna A. Shestakova, Konstantin B. Moiseenko, Pavel A. Toropov

   Pages 21-37

5. Waterspout Forecasting Method Over the Eastern Adriatic Using a High-Resolution Numerical Weather Model

   • Tanja Renko, Sarah Ivušić, Maja Telišman Prtenjak, Vinko Šoljan, Igor Horvat

   Pages 39-58

6. Study of the Western Black Sea Storms with a Focus on the Storms Caused by Cyclones of North African Origin

   • Vasko Galabov, Hristo Chervenkov

   Pages 59-79

7. Operational Wave Modelling in the Adriatic Sea with the Wind Wave Model

   • Mathieu Dutour Sikirić, Damir Ivanković, Aron Roland, Stjepan Ivatek-Šahdan, Martina Tudor

   Pages 81-95

8. Atmospheric Forcing Conducive for the Adriatic 25 June 2014 Meteotsunami Event

   • Kristian Horvath, Jadranka Šepić, Maja TelišMan Prtenjak

   Pages 97-117

9. Impact of Geomorphological Changes to Harbor Resonance During Meteotsunamis: The Vela Luka Bay Test Case

   • Cléa Denamiel, Jadranka Šepić, Ivica Vilibić

   Pages 119-139

10. Analysis of long-term changes in extreme climatic indices: a case study of the Mediterranean climate, Marmara Region, Turkey

    • Mohsen Abbasnia, Hüseyin Toros

    Pages 141-153

11. Observed Changes in Daily Precipitation Extremes at Annual Timescale Over the Eastern Mediterranean During 1961–2012

    • S. Mathbout, J. A. Lopez-Bustins, D. Royé, J. Martin-Vide, J. Bech, F. S. Rodrigo

    Pages 155-170

12. Modelling Dry Spells by Extreme Value Distribution with Bayesian Inference

    • Ksenija Cindrić, Zoran Pasarić

    Pages 171-188

13. Analyzing the Mediterranean Water Cycle Via Satellite Data Integration

    • Victor Pellet, Filipe Aires, Annarita Mariotti, Diego Fernández-Prieto

    Pages 189-217

14. Impact of the Surface–Atmosphere Variables on the Relation Between Air and Land Surface Temperatures

    • Gemma Simó, Daniel Martínez-Villagrasa, Maria A. Jiménez, Vicente Caselles, Joan Cuxart

    Pages 219-233

15. Assessing Shifts of Mediterranean and Arid Climates Under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 Climate Projections in Europe

    • José I. Barredo, Achille Mauri, Giovanni Caudullo, Alessandro Dosio

    Pages 235-251

16. Mediterranean Sea-Level Variability in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: A Bayesian Approach to Closing the Budget

    • Mirko Orlić, Miroslava Pasarić, Zoran Pasarić

    Pages 253-268

17. Mediterranean Surface Geostrophic Circulation from Satellite Gravity and Altimetry Observations

    • M. I. Vigo, M. D. Sempere, B. F. Chao, M. Trottini

    Pages 269-285

18. Variability of Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling in the North-Eastern Black Sea in 1979–2016 According to NCEP/CFSR Data

    • Ksenia Silvestrova, Stanislav Myslenkov, Andrey Zatsepin

    Pages 287-295

19. Sea Surface Temperature in the Mediterranean: Trends and Spatial Patterns (1982–2016)

    • Francisco Pastor, Jose Antonio Valiente, José Luis Palau

    Pages 297-309

20. Long-Term Trends, Variability and Extremes of In Situ Sea Surface Temperature Measured Along the Eastern Adriatic Coast and its Relationship to Hemispheric Processes

    • Branka Grbec, Frano Matić, Gordana Beg Paklar, Mira Morović, Ružica Popović, Ivica Vilibić

    Pages 311-326

The Mediterranean Sea, as a “centre” of the ancient world, has been early recognized as a laboratory basin for a variety of atmospheric, ocean and climate studies. Its uniqueness is manifested in its geographical position, a mid-latitude region connecting three continents, orography that affects cyclogenesis, precipitation and winds, ocean bathymetry that is shaped by narrow and shallow straits, passages and sills, and other. Its both atmospheric and oceanic climate is distinctive and, while differing substantially from neighbouring continents and oceans, it strongly interferes and shapes their properties. One of such adjacent basins is the Black Sea, which is, albeit minor in quantity, providing a noteworthy impact to the Mediterranean and vice versa. This topical volume of Pure and Applied Geophysics is presenting recent investigations of atmospheric and ocean properties, processes and climate of both basins, being inspired by presentations given in the Joint Congress of the 6th International Conference on Meteorology and Climatology of the Mediterranean & Challenges in Meteorology 5, held in Zagreb, Croatia, on 20-22 February 2017. The volume comprises 22 papers that are classified in three research categories: (1) storms, extremes and mesoscale processes, (2) atmospheric climate, variability and climate change, and (3) ocean climate and variability. The papers investigate processes occurring over a variety of spatial and temporal scales, from hemispheric processes that drive the observed changes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, through phenomena that are influencing the whole basin or its sub-basins, to local and mesoscale extreme events that are affecting large cities and local populations in the region. The volume is of interest to atmospheric and oceanic researchers involved in a variety of processes that are occurring over the Mediterranean and Black Sea region. This particularly refers to young researchers and PhD students that are yet to enter to research of this unique and exciting region full of challenges that need an interdisciplinary, innovative and state-of-the-art approaches in solving actual research problems.

• mediterranean sea
• black sea
• atmosphere
• ocean
• observations
• numerical modelling
• climate
• climate change
• variability
• storms
• extremes
• mesoscale processes
• basin-wide processes

• Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia

  Ivica Vilibić

• Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Split, Croatia

  Kristian Horvath

• Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales, Department of Meteorology and Pollutant, Paterna, Spain

  José Luis Palau

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