Storminess and Environmental Change Climate Forcing and Responses in

This book describes recent developments in the modeling of hydro-climatological processes in time and space. The topic brings together a wide range of disciplines, such as climatology, hydrology, geomorphology and ecology, with examples of problems and re

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Nazzareno Diodato Gianni Bellocchi Editors

Storminess and Environmental Change Climate Forcing and Responses in the Mediterranean Region

Storminess and Environmental Change

Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Volume 39

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Nazzareno Diodato • Gianni Bellocchi Editors

Storminess and Environmental Change Climate Forcing and Responses in the Mediterranean Region

Editors Nazzareno Diodato HyMex Network Met European Research Observatory Benevento, Italy

Gianni Bellocchi Grassland Ecosystem Research Unit French National Institute of Agricultural Research Clermont-Ferrand, France

ISSN 1878-9897 ISSN 2213-6959 (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-7947-1 ISBN 978-94-007-7948-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7948-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014931080 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

The importance of studies on storminess and their effects has enlarged during the last decades, as the frequency and magnitude of hydrological disasters are enormously increased in many places. The book is an excellent overview of the storminess action on the Earth, with particular care on th