/ edited by P. Lionello, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, R. Boscolo
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Amsterdam ;Oxford
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Elsevier,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 421 p. , ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) , 25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
(Developments in earth & environmental sciences,1571-9197
Volume Designation
; 4)
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Text of Note
Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The Mediterranean climate : an overview of the main characteristics and issues -- Mediterranean climate variability over the last centuries : a review -- Relations between climate variability in the Mediterranean region and the tropics : ENSO, South Asian and African monsoons, hurricanes and Saharan dust -- Relations between variability in the Mediterranean region and mid-latitude variability -- Changes in the oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea and their link to climate variability -- The Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea as connected systems -- Cyclones in the Mediterranean region : climatology and effects on the environment -- Regional atmospheric, marine processes and climate modelling -- The Mediterranean climate change under global warming.