Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-749-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-749-2022
Review
 | 
11 Apr 2022
Review |  | 11 Apr 2022

Extreme weather and societal impacts in the eastern Mediterranean

Assaf Hochman, Francesco Marra, Gabriele Messori, Joaquim G. Pinto, Shira Raveh-Rubin, Yizhak Yosef, and Georgios Zittis

Related authors

Hydroclimatic Variability and Weather-Type Characteristics in the Levant During the Last Interglacial
Efraim Bril, Adi Torfstein, Roy Yaniv, and Assaf Hochman
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3088,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3088, 2025
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Climate of the Past (CP).
Short summary
Mediterranean Sea heat uptake variability as a precursor to winter precipitation in the Levant
Ofer Cohen, Assaf Hochman, Ehud Strobach, Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein, Hezi Gildor, and Ori Adam
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3058,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3058, 2025
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD).
Short summary
Dynamics, predictability, impacts, and climate change considerations of the catastrophic Mediterranean Storm Daniel (2023)
Emmanouil Flaounas, Stavros Dafis, Silvio Davolio, Davide Faranda, Christian Ferrarin, Katharina Hartmuth, Assaf Hochman, Aristeidis Koutroulis, Samira Khodayar, Mario Marcello Miglietta, Florian Pantillon, Platon Patlakas, Michael Sprenger, and Iris Thurnherr
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2809,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2809, 2024
Short summary
A new view of heat wave dynamics and predictability over the eastern Mediterranean
Assaf Hochman, Sebastian Scher, Julian Quinting, Joaquim G. Pinto, and Gabriele Messori
Earth Syst. Dynam., 12, 133–149, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-133-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-133-2021, 2021
Short summary

Cited articles

Abdallah, C.: Assessment of erosion, mass movements, and flood risk in Lebanon, in: Review and Perspectives of Environmental Studies in Lebanon, National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS)-Beirut, Lebanon, edited by: Kouyoumjian, H. and Ham, M., 2012. 
Abel, G. J., Brottrager, M., Crespo Cuaresma, J., and Muttarak, R.: Climate, conflict and forced migration, Global Environ. Chang., 54, 239–249, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.12.003, 2019. 
Ahlborn, M., Armon, M., Ben Dor, Y., Neugebauer, I., Schwab, M. J., Tjallingii, R., Shoqeir, J. H., Morin, E., Enzel., Y., and Brauer, A.: Increased frequency of torrential rainstorm during a regional late Holocene eastern Mediterranean drought, Quaternary Res., 89, 425–431, https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2018.9, 2018. 
Ahmadalipour, A. and Moradkhani, H.: Escalating heat-stress mortality risk due to global warming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Environ. Int., 117, 215–225, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.05.014, 2018. 
Ajjur, S. B. and Riffi, M. I.: Analysis of the observed trends in daily extreme precipitation indices in Gaza Strip during 1974–2016, Int. J. Climatol., 40, 6189–6200, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6576, 2020. 
Short summary
Gaining a complete understanding of extreme weather, from its physical drivers to its impacts on society, is important in supporting future risk reduction and adaptation measures. Here, we provide a review of the available scientific literature, knowledge gaps and key open questions in the study of extreme weather events over the vulnerable eastern Mediterranean region.
Share
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint