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Publications based on Med-CORDEX simulations
2025: 6 publications
- Chericoni, M., Fosser, G., Flaounas, E., Gaetani, M., Anav, A. Unravelling drivers of the future Mediterranean precipitation paradox during cyclones npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2025
- Chericoni, M., Fosser, G., Flaounas, E., Sannino, G., Anav, A. Extreme Mediterranean cyclones and associated variables in an atmosphere-only vs. an ocean-coupled regional model Weather and Climate Dynamics, 2025
- El Bouazzaoui, I., Ait Brahim, Y., Amazirh, A., Bougadir, B. Projections of Future Droughts in Morocco: Key Insights from Bias-Corrected Med-CORDEX Simulations in the Haouz Region Earth Systems and Environment, 2025
- Ivušić, S. Extreme precipitation over the Adriatic region and Dinarides in simulations by regional climate models , 2025
- Nabat, P., Somot, S., Boé, J., Corre, L., Katragkou, E., Li, S., Mallet, M., Meijgaard, E., Pavlidis, V., Pietikäinen, J., Sørland, S., Solmon, F. Multi-model assessment of the role of anthropogenic aerosols in summertime climate change in Europe Geophysical Research Letters, 2025
- Zhang, Y., Sevault, F., Pennel, R., Baklouti, M. Analysis of the impact of vertical variation and temporal frequency of the chlorophyll forcing field on modelled temperature in the Mediterranean Sea and potential implications for regional climate projections Ocean Modelling, 2025
2024: 13 publications
- Anav, A., Antonelli, M., Calmanti, S., Carillo, A., Catalano, F., Dell’Aquila, A., Iacono, R., Marullo, S., Napolitano, E., Palma, M., Pisacane, G., Sannino, G., Struglia, M. Dynamical downscaling of CMIP6 scenarios with ENEA-REG: an impact-oriented application for the Med-CORDEX region Climate Dynamics, 2024
- Caillaud, C., Somot, S., Douville, H., Alias, A., Bastin, S., Brienen, S., Demory, M., Dobler, A., Feldmann, H., Frisius, T., Goergen, K., Kendon, E., Keuler, K., Lenderink, G., Mercogliano, P., Pichelli, E., Soares, P., Tölle, M., De Vries, H. Northwestern Mediterranean Heavy Precipitation Events in a Warmer Climate: Robust Versus Uncertain Changes With a Large Convection‐Permitting Model Ensemble Geophysical Research Letters, 2024
- Cortés-Hernández, V., Caillaud, C., Bellon, G., Brisson, E., Alias, A., Lucas-Picher, P. Evaluation of the convection permitting regional climate model CNRM-AROME on the orographically complex island of Corsica Climate Dynamics, 2024
- De La Vara, A., Cabos, W., Gutiérrez, C., Olcina, J., Matamoros, A., Pastor, F., Khodayar, S., Ferrando, M. Climate change impacts on the tourism sector of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: Medium-term projections for a climate services tool Climate Services, 2024
- Fabri-Ruiz, S., Berdalet, E., Ulses, C., Somot, S., Vila, M., Lemée, R., Irisson, J. Harmful Ostreopsis cf. ovata blooms could extend in time span with climate change in the Western Mediterranean Sea Science of The Total Environment, 2024
- Fosser, G., Gaetani, M., Kendon, E., Adinolfi, M., Ban, N., Belušić, D., Caillaud, C., Careto, J., Coppola, E., Demory, M., De Vries, H., Dobler, A., Feldmann, H., Goergen, K., Lenderink, G., Pichelli, E., Schär, C., Soares, P., Somot, S., Tölle, M. Convection-permitting climate models offer more certain extreme rainfall projections npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2024
- Molina, M., Careto, J., Gutiérrez, C., Sánchez, E., Goergen, K., Sobolowski, S., Coppola, E., Pichelli, E., Ban, N., Belus̆ić, D., Short, C., Caillaud, C., Dobler, A., Hodnebrog, Ø., Kartsios, S., Lenderink, G., De Vries, H., Göktürk, O., Milovac, J., Feldmann, H., Truhetz, H., Demory, M., Warrach-Sagi, K., Keuler, K., Adinolfi, M., Raffa, M., Tölle, M., Sieck, K., Bastin, S., Soares, P. The added value of simulated near-surface wind speed over the Alps from a km-scale multimodel ensemble Climate Dynamics, 2024
- Müller, S., Pichelli, E., Coppola, E., Berthou, S., Brienen, S., Caillaud, C., Demory, M., Dobler, A., Feldmann, H., Mercogliano, P., Tölle, M., De Vries, H. The climate change response of alpine-mediterranean heavy precipitation events Climate Dynamics, 2024
- Panzeri, D., Reale, M., Cossarini, G., Salon, S., Carlucci, R., Spedicato, M., Zupa, W., Vrgoč, N., Libralato, S. Future distribution of demersal species in a warming Mediterranean sub-basin Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024
- Parras‐Berrocal, I., Waldman, R., Sevault, F., Somot, S., Gonzalez, N., Ahrens, B., Anav, A., Djurdjević, V., Gualdi, S., Hamouda, M., Li, L., Lionello, P., Sannino, G., Sein, D. Response of the Mediterranean Sea Surface Circulation at Various Global Warming Levels: A Multi‐Model Approach Geophysical Research Letters, 2024
- Rusu, L. An analysis of the expected wave conditions in the Mediterranean Sea in the context of global warming Ocean Engineering, 2024
- Rusu, L. Climate Change Impact on the Future Sea State Conditions in the Black Sea Journal of Coastal Research, 2024
- Sevault, F. Atlas of the 1980-2018 ERA-Interim simulation with the coupled regional climate system model CNRM-RCSM6 , 2024
2023: 6 publications
- Dunić, N., Supić, N., Sevault, F., Vilibić, I. The northern Adriatic circulation regimes in the future winter climate Climate Dynamics, 2023
- Gonzalez, N., Waldman, R., Sannino, G., Giordani, H., Somot, S. Understanding tidal mixing at the Strait of Gibraltar: A high-resolution model approach Progress in Oceanography, 2023
- Müller, S., Caillaud, C., Chan, S., De Vries, H., Bastin, S., Berthou, S., Brisson, E., Demory, M., Feldmann, H., Goergen, K., Kartsios, S., Lind, P., Keuler, K., Pichelli, E., Raffa, M., Tölle, M., Warrach-Sagi, K. Evaluation of Alpine-Mediterranean precipitation events in convection-permitting regional climate models using a set of tracking algorithms Climate Dynamics, 2023
- Parras-Berrocal, I., Vázquez, R., Cabos, W., Sein, D., Álvarez, O., Bruno, M., Izquierdo, A. Dense water formation in the eastern Mediterranean under a global warming scenario Ocean Science, 2023
- Simon, C., Kis, A., Torma, C. Temperature characteristics over the Carpathian Basin‐projected changes of climate indices at regional and local scale based on bias‐adjusted CORDEX simulations International Journal of Climatology, 2023
- Zittis, G., Ahrens, B., Obermann-Hellhund, A., Giannakis, E., Risto, D., Agulles Gamez, M., Jorda, G., Quesada Peña, M., Lora Rodríguez, V., Guersi Sauret, J., Lionello, P., Briche, E., Collignan, J., Grätz, M., Arikas, D., Stylianou, C., Neophytou, H., Serghides, D. Maritime transport and regional climate change impacts in large EU islands and archipelagos Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, 2023
2022: 5 publications
- De La Vara, A., Parras-Berrocal, I., Izquierdo, A., Sein, D., Cabos, W. Climate change signal in the ocean circulation of the Tyrrhenian Sea Earth System Dynamics, 2022
- Parras‐Berrocal, I., Vázquez, R., Cabos, W., Sein, D., Álvarez, O., Bruno, M., Izquierdo, A. Surface and Intermediate Water Changes Triggering the Future Collapse of Deep Water Formation in the North Western Mediterranean Geophysical Research Letters, 2022
- Reale, M., Cabos Narvaez, W., Cavicchia, L., Conte, D., Coppola, E., Flaounas, E., Giorgi, F., Gualdi, S., Hochman, A., Li, L., Lionello, P., Podrascanin, Z., Salon, S., Sanchez-Gomez, E., Scoccimarro, E., Sein, D., Somot, S. Future projections of Mediterranean cyclone characteristics using the Med-CORDEX ensemble of coupled regional climate system models Climate Dynamics, 2022
- Reale, M., Cossarini, G., Lazzari, P., Lovato, T., Bolzon, G., Masina, S., Solidoro, C., Salon, S. Acidification, deoxygenation, and nutrient and biomass declines in a warming Mediterranean Sea Biogeosciences, 2022
- Solidoro, C., Cossarini, G., Lazzari, P., Galli, G., Bolzon, G., Somot, S., Salon, S. Modeling Carbon Budgets and Acidification in the Mediterranean Sea Ecosystem Under Contemporary and Future Climate Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
2021: 6 publications
- Anav, A., Carillo, A., Palma, M., Struglia, M., Turuncoglu, U., Sannino, G. The ENEA-REG system (v1.0), a multi-component regional Earth system model: sensitivity to different atmospheric components over the Med-CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment) region Geoscientific Model Development, 2021
- Ban, N., Caillaud, C., Coppola, E., Pichelli, E., Sobolowski, S., Adinolfi, M., Ahrens, B., Alias, A., Anders, I., Bastin, S., Belušić, D., Berthou, S., Brisson, E., Cardoso, R., Chan, S., Christensen, O., Fernández, J., Fita, L., Frisius, T., Gašparac, G., Giorgi, F., Goergen, K., Haugen, J., Hodnebrog, Ø., Kartsios, S., Katragkou, E., Kendon, E., Keuler, K., Lavin-Gullon, A., Lenderink, G., Leutwyler, D., Lorenz, T., Maraun, D., Mercogliano, P., Milovac, J., Panitz, H., Raffa, M., Remedio, A., Schär, C., Soares, P., Srnec, L., Steensen, B., Stocchi, P., Tölle, M., Truhetz, H., Vergara-Temprado, J., de Vries, H., Warrach-Sagi, K., Wulfmeyer, V., Zander, M. The first multi-model ensemble of regional climate simulations at kilometer-scale resolution, part I: evaluation of precipitation Climate Dynamics, 2021
- Caillaud, C., Somot, S., Alias, A., Bernard-Bouissières, I., Fumière, Q., Laurantin, O., Seity, Y., Ducrocq, V. Modelling Mediterranean heavy precipitation events at climate scale: an object-oriented evaluation of the CNRM-AROME convection-permitting regional climate model Climate Dynamics, 2021
- Drugé, T., Nabat, P., Mallet, M., Somot, S. Future evolution of aerosols and implications for climate change in the Euro-Mediterranean region using the CNRM-ALADIN63 regional climate model Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021
- Ivušić, S., Güttler, I., Somot, S., Guérémy, J., Horvath, K., Alias, A. Modelling extreme precipitation over the Dinaric Alps: An evaluation of the CNRM‐ALADIN regional climate model Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2021
- Pichelli, E., Coppola, E., Sobolowski, S., Ban, N., Giorgi, F., Stocchi, P., Alias, A., Belušić, D., Berthou, S., Caillaud, C., Cardoso, R., Chan, S., Christensen, O., Dobler, A., de Vries, H., Goergen, K., Kendon, E., Keuler, K., Lenderink, G., Lorenz, T., Mishra, A., Panitz, H., Schär, C., Soares, P., Truhetz, H., Vergara-Temprado, J. The first multi-model ensemble of regional climate simulations at kilometer-scale resolution part 2: historical and future simulations of precipitation Climate Dynamics, 2021
2020: 15 publications
- Allam, A., Moussa, R., Najem, W., Bocquillon, C. Specific climate classification for Mediterranean hydrology and future evolution under Med-CORDEX regional climate model scenarios Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020
- Boé, J., Somot, S., Corre, L., Nabat, P. Large discrepancies in summer climate change over Europe as projected by global and regional climate models: causes and consequences Climate Dynamics, 2020
- Conte, D., Gualdi, S., Lionello, P. Effect of Model Resolution on Intense and Extreme Precipitationinthe Mediterranean Region Atmosphere, 2020
- Coppola, E., Sobolowski, S., Pichelli, E., Raffaele, F., Ahrens, B., Anders, I., Ban, N., Bastin, S., Belda, M., Belusic, D., Caldas-Alvarez, A., Cardoso, R., Davolio, S., Dobler, A., Fernandez, J., Fita, L., Fumiere, Q., Giorgi, F., Goergen, K., Güttler, I., Halenka, T., Heinzeller, D., Hodnebrog, Ø., Jacob, D., Kartsios, S., Katragkou, E., Kendon, E., Khodayar, S., Kunstmann, H., Knist, S., Lavín-Gullón, A., Lind, P., Lorenz, T., Maraun, D., Marelle, L., van Meijgaard, E., Milovac, J., Myhre, G., Panitz, H., Piazza, M., Raffa, M., Raub, T., Rockel, B., Schär, C., Sieck, K., Soares, P., Somot, S., Srnec, L., Stocchi, P., Tölle, M., Truhetz, H., Vautard, R., de Vries, H., Warrach-Sagi, K. A first-of-its-kind multi-model convection permitting ensemble for investigating convective phenomena over Europe and the Mediterranean Climate Dynamics, 2020
- Drobinski, P., Da Silva, N., Bastin, S., Mailler, S., Muller, C., Ahrens, B., Christensen, O., Lionello, P. How warmer and drier will the Mediterranean region be at the end of the twenty-first century? Regional Environmental Change, 2020
- Gutiérrez, C., Somot, S., Nabat, P., Mallet, M., Corre, L., Meijgaard, E., Perpiñán, O., Gaertner, M. Future evolution of surface solar radiation and photovoltaic potential in Europe: investigating the role of aerosols Environmental Research Letters, 2020
- Kahraman, A., Ural, D., Önol, B. Future Changes in Euro-Mediterranean Daytime Severe Thunderstorm Environments Based on an RCP8.5 Med-CORDEX Simulation Atmosphere, 2020
- Nabat, P., Somot, S., Cassou, C., Mallet, M., Michou, M., Bouniol, D., Decharme, B., Drugé, T., Roehrig, R., Saint-Martin, D. Modulation of radiative aerosols effects by atmospheric circulation over the Euro-Mediterranean region Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2020
- Pagès, R., Baklouti, M., Barrier, N., Ayache, M., Sevault, F., Somot, S., Moutin, T. Projected Effects of Climate-Induced Changes in Hydrodynamics on the Biogeochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea Under the RCP 8.5 Regional Climate Scenario Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
- Parras-Berrocal, I., Vazquez, R., Cabos, W., Sein, D., Mañanes, R., Perez-Sanz, J., Izquierdo, A. The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere–ocean model Ocean Science, 2020
- Reale, M., Giorgi, F., Solidoro, C., Di Biagio, V., Di Sante, F., Mariotti, L., Farneti, R., Sannino, G. The Regional Earth System Model RegCM‐ES: Evaluation of the Mediterranean Climate and Marine Biogeochemistry Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2020
- Reale, M., Salon, S., Somot, S., Solidoro, C., Giorgi, F., Crise, A., Cossarini, G., Lazzari, P., Sevault, F. Influence of large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns on nutrient dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea in the extended winter season (October-March) 1961-1999 Climate Research, 2020
- Sierra, J., Castrillo, R., Mestres, M., Mösso, C., Lionello, P., Marzo, L. Impact of Climate Change on Wave Energy Resource in the Mediterranean Coast of Morocco Energies, 2020
- Soto-Navarro, J., Jordá, G., Amores, A., Cabos, W., Somot, S., Sevault, F., Macías, D., Djurdjevic, V., Sannino, G., Li, L., Sein, D. Evolution of Mediterranean Sea water properties under climate change scenarios in the Med-CORDEX ensemble Climate Dynamics, 2020
- Torma, C., Kis, A., Pongrácz, R. Evaluation of EURO-CORDEX and Med-CORDEX precipitation simulations for the Carpathian Region: Bias corrected data and projected changes Időjárás, 2020
2019: 1 publication
- Barella-Ortiz, A., Quintana-Seguí, P. Evaluation of drought representation and propagation in regional climate model simulations across Spain Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2019
2016: 1 publication
- Ruti, P., Somot, S., Giorgi, F., Dubois, C., Flaounas, E., Obermann, A., Dell’Aquila, A., Pisacane, G., Harzallah, A., Lombardi, E., Ahrens, B., Akhtar, N., Alias, A., Arsouze, T., Aznar, R., Bastin, S., Bartholy, J., Béranger, K., Beuvier, J., Bouffies-Cloché, S., Brauch, J., Cabos, W., Calmanti, S., Calvet, J., Carillo, A., Conte, D., Coppola, E., Djurdjevic, V., Drobinski, P., Elizalde-Arellano, A., Gaertner, M., Galàn, P., Gallardo, C., Gualdi, S., Goncalves, M., Jorba, O., Jordà, G., L’Heveder, B., Lebeaupin-Brossier, C., Li, L., Liguori, G., Lionello, P., Maciàs, D., Nabat, P., Önol, B., Raikovic, B., Ramage, K., Sevault, F., Sannino, G., Struglia, M., Sanna, A., Torma, C., Vervatis, V. Med-CORDEX Initiative for Mediterranean Climate Studies Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2016
2015: 1 publication
- Llasses, J., Jordà, G., Gomis, D. Skills of different hydrographic networks in capturing changes in the Mediterranean Sea at climate scales Climate Research, 2015