Hydrological, Socioeconomic and Ecological Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the Mediterranean Region

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M. (Editor), Trigo, Ricardo M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Advances in Global Change Research, 46
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Atmospheric sciences.; Physical geography.; Ecology.; Geophysics.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Physical Geography.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.

The Mediterranean basin represents one of the most important “hot spots” of climate change in the world, with recent trends towards a hotter and drier climate being related to changes in atmospheric circulation patterns. Such changes can have significant impacts in the climate of this region but als...