In situ measurements of desert dust particles above the western Mediterranean Sea with the balloon-borne Light Optical Aerosol Counter/sizer (LOAC) during the ChArMEx campaign of summer 2013 [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018 Mineral dust from arid areas is a major component of global aerosol and has strong interactions with climate and biogeochemistry. As part of the Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment (ChArMEx) to investigate atmospheric chemistry and its impacts ...
J.-B. Renard +12 more
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High-resolution data assimilation for two maritime extreme weather events: a comparison between 3D-Var and EnKF [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System SciencesPopulated coastal regions in the Mediterranean are known to be severely affected by extreme weather events. Generally, they are initiated over maritime regions, where a lack of in situ observations is present, hampering initial condition estimations and,
D. S. Carrió +2 more
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A Comparison of Perturbed Initial Conditions and Multiphysics Ensembles in a Severe Weather Episode in Spain [PDF]
, 2012 Ensembles of numerical model forecasts are of interest to operational early warning forecasters as the spread of the ensemble provides an indication of the uncertainty of the alerts, and the mean value is deemed to outperform the forecasts of the ...
Angelis, Carlos F. +7 more
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Atmosphere, 2019 The operation of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) over a hilly area in northern Germany allows inspection of the variability of the profiles of temperature, humidity, and wind speed next to a small hill.
Joan Cuxart +3 more
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Caliope: an operational air quality forecasting system for the Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands – first annual evaluation and ongoing developments [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2008 The Caliope project funded by the Spanish Ministry of the Environment establishes an air quality forecasting system for Spain to increase the knowledge on transport and dynamics of pollutants in Spain, to assure the accomplishment of legislation and to ...
X. Querol +12 more
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Impacts of climate change in tourism in Europe. PESETA-Tourism study [PDF]
, 2009 This document contains the results of the physical impact assessment for tourism within the context of the PESETA project. Tourism is a multi-billion euro industry that is highly dependent on climate resources.
AMELUNG Bas, MORENO Alvaro
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Weather and Climate ExtremesWave setup is a physical process that induces a temporal increase of the mean water level due to wave dissipation by bottom friction and breaking in the surf zone, extending over tens to hundreds of meters in the cross-shore direction.
Tim Toomey +6 more
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Iberian autumnal precipitation characterization through observed, simulated and reanalysed data [PDF]
, 2008 International audienceA 44-year (1958?2001) homogeneous Mediterranean high-resolution atmospheric database was generated through dynamical downscaling within the HIPOCAS Project framework.
Luna, M. Y. +4 more
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Atmosphere, 2020 Rainfall is the key factor to understand soil erosion processes, mechanisms, and rates. Most research was conducted to determine rainfall characteristics and their relationship with soil erosion (erosivity) but there is little information about how ...
D. Peña-Angulo +77 more
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The severe thunderstorm of 4 October 2007 in Mallorca: an observational study [PDF]
, 2009 During the afternoon of 4 October 2007, a thunderstorm swept across the Island of Mallorca from southwest to northeast. Strong straight-line winds (up to 30 m/s) and heavy rain (rates up to 100 mm/h) were registered accompanying the storm. Tornadoes with
C. Ramis, R. Romero, V. Homar
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