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Publications based on Med-CORDEX simulations

2024: 4 publication

Rusu, L. (2024). An analysis of the expected wave conditions in the mediterranean sea in the context of global warming. Ocean Engineering, 301, 117487.
Caillaud C., Somot S., Douville H., Alias A., Bastin S., Brienen S., Demory M.-H., Dobler A., Feldmann H., Frisius T., Goergen K., Kendon E.J., Keuler K., Lenderink G., Mercogliano P., Pichelli E., Soares P.M.M., Tölle M.H., de Vries H. (2024) Mediterranean Heavy Precipitation Events in a warmer climate : robust yet uncertain changes with a large convection-permitting model ensemble. GRL, 51, e2023GL105143,
Fosser G., Gaetani M., Kendon E.J., Adinolfi M., Ban N., Belušić D., Caillaud C., Careto J.A.M., Coppola E., Demory M.-E., de Vries H., Dobler A., Feldmann H., , Goergen K., Lenderink G., Pichelli E., Schär C., Soares P.M.M., Somot S., Tölle M.H. (2024) Convection-permitting climate models offer more certain extreme rainfall projections. npj Clim Atmos Sci 7, 51 (2024).
Alba de la Vara, William Cabos, Claudia Gutiérrez, Jorge Olcina, Alba Matamoros, Francisco Pastor, Samira Khodayar, Maite Ferrando (2024) Climate change impacts on the tourism sector of the Spanish Mediterranean coast: Medium-term projections for a climate services tool. Climate Services Volume 34, April 2024, 100466

2023: 5 publications

Gonzalez N, Waldman R, Sannino G, Giordani H, Somot S (2023) Understanding tidal mixing at the Strait of Gibraltar: A high-resolution model approach. Progress in Oceanography 212:102,980
Zittis, G., Ahrens, B., Obermann-Hellhund, A. et al. (2023) Maritime transport and regional climate change impacts in large EU islands and archipelagos. Euro-Mediterr J Environ Integr 8, 441–454
Simon, C., Kis, A., & Torma, C. Z. (2023): 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, 1– 18.
Müller, S.K., Caillaud, C., Chan, S. et al. Evaluation of Alpine-Mediterranean precipitation events in convection-permitting regional climate models using a set of tracking algorithms. Clim Dyn 61, 939–957 (2023).
Müller, S.K., Pichelli, E., Coppola, E., et al. (2023). The climate change response of alpine‑mediterranean heavy precipitation events. Climate Dynamics.

2022: 5 publications

Dunić, N., Supić, N., Sevault, F., & Vilibić, I. (2022). The northern Adriatic circulation regimes in the future winter climate Climate Dynamics, 1-14.
Reale, M., Cossarini, G., Lazzari, P., Lovato, T., Bolzon, G., Masina, S., Solidoro, C., and Salon, S. Acidification, deoxygenation, and nutrient and biomass declines in a warming Mediterranean Sea, Biogeosciences, 19, 40354065, 2022.
Alba de la Vara, Iván M. Parras-Berrocal, Alfredo Izquierdo, Dmitry V. Sein, and William Cabos (2022). Climate change signal in the ocean circulation of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Earth Syst. Dynam., 13, 303319, 2022
Parras-Berrocal, I. M., Vázquez, R., Cabos, W., Sein, D. V., Álvarez, O., Bruno, M., & Izquierdo, A. (2022).Surface and intermediate water changes triggering the future collapse of deep water formation in the North Western Mediterranean. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL095404.
Solidoro C., Cossarini G., Lazzari P., Galli G., Bolzon G., Somot S., Salon S. (2022) Modelling carbon budgets and acidification in the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem under contemporary and future climate. Frontiers in Marine Science.

2021: 10 publications

Anav, A; Carillo, A; Palma, M; Struglia, MV; Turuncoglu, UU; Sannino, G (2021) 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.
Reale M., Cabos W., Cavicchia L., Conte D., Coppola E., Flaounas E., F. Giorgi F., Gualdi S., Hochman A., Li L., Lionello P., Podrascanin Z., Salon S., Sanchez-Gomez E., Scoccimarro E., Sein D., Somot S. (2021) Future projections of Mediterranean cyclone characteristics using the Med-CORDEX ensemble of coupled regional climate system models. Clim. Dyn.
Ivusic S., Güttler I., Horvath K., Somot S., Guérémy J.-F., Alias A. (2021) Modelling extreme precipitation over the Dinaric Alps: an evaluation of the CNRM-ALADIN regional climate model. Q J R Meteorol Soc, vol.147, issue.741, p. 44254453
Drugé T., Nabat P., Mallet M., Somot S. (2021) Future evolution of aerosols and implications for climate change in the Euro-Mediterranean region using the CNRM-ALADIN63 regional climate model. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 76397669. Special Issue: CHemistry and AeRosols Mediterranean EXperiments (ChArMEx) (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI)
Caillaud C., Somot S., Alias A., Bernard-Bouissières I., Fumière Q., Laurantin O., Seity Y., Ducrocq V. (2021) : Modelling Mediterranean heavy precipitation events at climate scale: an object-oriented evaluation of the CNRM-AROME convection-permitting regional climate model. Clim Dyn 56, 17171752 (2021).
Ban, N., Caillaud, C., Coppola, E., Pichelli, E., Sobolowski, S., Adinolfi, M., ... & Zander, M. J. (2021). The first multi-model ensemble of regional climate simulations at kilometer-scale resolution, part I: evaluation of precipitation. Climate Dynamics, 1-28.
Pichelli, E., Coppola, E., Sobolowski, S., Ban, N., Giorgi, F., Stocchi, P., ... & Vergara-Temprado, J. (2021). The first multi-model ensemble of regional climate simulations at kilometer-scale resolution part 2: historical and future simulations of precipitation. Climate Dynamics, 56(11), 3581-3602.
Reale M., Cabos W., Cavicchia L., Conte D., Coppola E., Flaounas E., F. Giorgi F., Gualdi S., Hochman A., Li L., Lionello P., Podrascanin Z., Salon S., Sanchez-Gomez E., Scoccimarro E., Sein D., Somot S. (2021) Future projections of Mediterranean cyclone characteristics using the Med-CORDEX ensemble of coupled regional climate system models. Clim. Dyn.
Ivusic S., Güttler I., Horvath K., Somot S., Guérémy J.-F., Alias A. (2021) Modelling extreme precipitation over the Dinaric Alps: an evaluation of the CNRM-ALADIN regional climate model. QJRMS, march 2021, re-resubmitted in July 2021, accepted oct 2021
Drugé T., Nabat P., Mallet M., Somot S. (2021) Future evolution of aerosols and implications for climate change in the Euro-Mediterranean region using the CNRM-ALADIN63 regional climate model. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 76397669. Special Issue: CHemistry and AeRosols Mediterranean EXperiments (ChArMEx) (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI),

2020: 15 publications

Allam, A; Moussa, R; Najem, W; Bocquillon, C (2020) Specific climate classification for Mediterranean hydrology and future evolution under Med-CORDEX regional climate model scenarios, HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES.
Sierra, JP; Castrillo, R; Mestres, M; Mosso, C; Lionello, P; Marzo, L (2020) Impact of Climate Change on Wave Energy Resource in the Mediterranean Coast of Morocco. ENERGIES.
Conte, D; Gualdi, S; Lionello, P (2020) Effect of Model Resolution on Intense and Extreme Precipitationinthe Mediterranean Region, ATMOSPHERE.
Reale M., Salon S., Somot S., Solidoro C., Giorgi F., Crise A., Cossarini G., Lazzari P., Sevault F. (2020) Influence of large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns on nutrients dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea in the extended winter season (October-March) 1961-1999. Climate Research 82:117-136.
Coppola E., Sobolowski S., Pichelli E., Raffaele F., Ahrens B., Anders I., Ban N., Bastin S., Belda M., Belusic D., Caldas-Alvarez A., Margarida Cardoso R., Davolio S., Dobler A., Fernandez J., Fita Borrell L., Fumiere Q., Giorgi F., Goergen K., Guettler I., Halenka T., Heinzeller D., Hodnebrog Ø, Jacob D., Kartsios S., Katragkou E., Kendon E., Khodayar S., Kunstmann H., Knist S., Lavín A., Lind P., Lorenz T., Maraun D., Marelle L., van Meijgaard E., Milovac J., Myhre G., Panitz H.-J., Piazza M., Raffa M., Raub T., Rockel B., Schär C., Sieck K., Soares P.M.M., Somot S., Lidija Srnec L., Stocchi P., Tölle M., Truhetz H., Vautard R., de Vries H., Warrach-Sagi K. (2020) A first-of-its-kind multi-model convection permitting ensemble for investigating convective phenomena over Europe and the Mediterranean. Clim Dyn, 55, 33
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, 11, 822.
Reale, M., Giorgi, F., Solidoro, C., Di Biagio, V., Di Sante, F.,Mariotti, L., Farneti R., Sannino G. (2020).The Regional Earth System Model RegCM‐ES: Evaluation of the Mediterranean climate and marine biogeochemistry Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems,12, e2019MS001812.
Reale M, Salon S, Somot S, Solidoro C , Giorgi F., Crise A., Cossarini G., Lazzari P., Sevault F.(2020) Influence of large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns on nutrient dynamics in the Mediterranean Sea in the extended winter season (October-March) 1961-1999. Clim Res 82:117-136.
Pagès R., Baklouti M., Barrier N., Ayache M., Sevault F., Somot S., Moutin T. (2020) Projected effects of climate-induced changes in hydrodynamics on the biogeochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea under the RCP 8.5 regional climate scenario. Front. Mar. Sci., section Global Change and the Future Ocean
Nabat, P., Somot, S., Cassou, C., Mallet, M., Michou, M., Bouniol, D., Decharme, B., Drugé, T., Roehrig, R., and Saint-Martin, D. (2020) Modulation of radiative aerosols effects by atmospheric circulation over the Euro-Mediterranean region, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 83158349, , 2020. Special Issue: CHemistry and AeRosols Mediterranean EXperiments (ChArMEx) (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI).
Kahraman, A; Ural, D; Onol, B (2020) Future Changes in Euro-Mediterranean Daytime Severe Thunderstorm Environments Based on an RCP8.5 Med-CORDEX Simulation. ATMOSPHERE.
Parras-Berrocal, IM; Vazquez, R; Cabos, W; Sein, D; Mananes, R; Perez-Sanz, J; Izquierdo, A (2020) The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model. OCEAN SCIENCE.
Drobinski, P; Da Silva, N; Bastin, S; Mailler, S; Muller, C; Ahrens, B; Christensen, OB; Lionello, P (2020) How warmer and drier will the Mediterranean region be at the end of the twenty-first century? REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
Gutierrez, C; Somot, S; Nabat, P; Mallet, M; Corre, L; van Meijgaard, E; Perpinan, O; Gaertner, MA (2020) Future evolution of surface solar radiation and photovoltaic potential in Europe: investigating the role of aerosols. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
Boe, J; Somot, S; Corre, L; Nabat, P (2020) Large discrepancies in summer climate change over Europe as projected by global and regional climate models: causes and consequences. CLIMATE DYNAMICS.
Soto-Navarro, J; Jorda, G; Amores, A; Cabos, W; Somot, S; Sevault, F; Macias, D; Djurdjevic, V; Sannino, G; Li, L; Sein, D (2020) Evolution of Mediterranean Sea water properties under climate change scenarios in the Med-CORDEX ensemble. CLIMATE DYNAMICS.
Torma, CZ; Kis, A; Pongracz, R (2020) Evaluation of EURO-CORDEX and Med-CORDEX precipitation simulations for the Carpathian Region: Bias corrected data and projected changes. IDOJARAS.

2019: 16 publications

Barella-Ortiz, A; Quintana-Segui, P (2019) Evaluation of drought representation and propagation in regional climate model simulations across Spain. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES.
Bouras, E; Jarlan, L; Khabba, S; Er-Raki, S; Dezetter, A; Sghir, F; Tramblay, Y (2019) Assessing the impact of global climate changes on irrigated wheat yields and water requirements in a semi-arid environment of Morocco. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.
Raymond, F; Ullmann, A; Tramblay, Y; Drobinski, P; Camberlin, P (2019) Evolution of Mediterranean extreme dry spells during the wet season under climate change. REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
Pieczka, I; Bartholy, J; Pongracz, R; Andre, K S (2019) Validation of RegCM regional and HadGEM global climate models using mean and extreme climatic variables. IDOJARAS.
Darmaraki, S; Somot, S; Sevault, F; Nabat, P; Cabos W D; Cavicchia, L; Djurdjevic, V; Li, L; Sannino, G; Sein, D V (2019) Future evolution of Marine Heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea. CLIMATE DYNAMICS.
Torma, C Z (2019) Detailed validation of EURO-CORDEX and Med-CORDEX regional climate model ensembles over the Carpathian Region. IDOJARAS.
Bastin, S; Drobinski, P; Chiriaco, M; Bock, O; Roehrig, R; Gallardo, C; Conte, D; Alonso, M D; Li, L; Lionello, P; Parracho, A C. (2019) Impact of humidity biases on light precipitation occurrence: observations versus simulations. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS.
Fernandez, J.; Frias, M. D.; Cabos, W. D.; Cofino, A. S.; Dominguez, M.; Fita, L.; Gaertner, M. A.; Garcia-Diez, M.; Gutierrez, J. M.; Jimenez-Guerrero, P.; Liguori, G.; Montavez, J. P.; Romera, R.; Sanchez, E. (2019) Consistency of climate change projections from multiple global and regional model intercomparison projects. CLIMATE DYNAMICS.
Raymond, F., Ullmann, A., Tramblay, Y., Drobinski, P., & Camberlin, P. (2019) Evolution of Mediterranean extreme dry spells during the wet season under climate change. Regional Environmental Change, 1-13.
Anaïs Barella-Ortiz and Pere Quintana-Segu Evaluation of drought representation and propagation in Regional Climate Model simulations over Spain Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (accepted)
Moullec F., Barrier N., Drira S., Guilhaumon F., Marsaleix P., Somot S., Ulses C., Velez L., Shin Y.-J. (2019) An end-to-end model reveals losers and winners in a warming Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6:345
Alba de la Vara, Pedro Galán del Sastre, Thomas Arsouze, Clemente Gallardo,Miguel Ángel Gaertner: Role of atmospheric resolution in the long-term seasonal variability of the Tyrrhenian Sea circulation from a set of ocean hindcast simulations (1997-2008). Ocean Modelling Volume 134, February 2019, Pages 51-67
Richon C., Dutay J.C., Bopp L., Le Vu B., Orr J., Somot S., Dulac F. (2019) Biogeochemical response of the Mediterranean Sea to the transient SRES-A2 climate change scenario. Biogeosciences, 16, 135-165
Coppola E., Sobolowski S., Pichelli E., Raffaele F., Ahrens B., Anders I., Ban N., Bastin S., Belda M., Belusic D., Caldas-Alvarez A., Margarida Cardoso R., Davolio S., Dobler A., Fernandez J., Fita Borrell L., Fumiere Q., Giorgi F., Goergen K., Guettler I., Halenka T., Heinzeller D., Hodnebrog Ø, Jacob D., Kartsios S., Katragkou E., Kendon E., Khodayar S., Kunstmann H., Knist S., Lavín A., Lind P., Lorenz T., Maraun D., Marelle L., van Meijgaard E., Milovac J., Myhre G., Panitz H.-J., Piazza M., Raffa M., Raub T., Rockel B., Schär C., Sieck K., Soares P.M.M., Somot S., Lidija Srnec L., Stocchi P., Tölle M., Truhetz H., Vautard R., de Vries H., Warrach-Sagi K. (2019) A first-of-its-kind multi-model convection permitting ensemble for investigating convective phenomena over Europe and the Mediterranean. Clim Dyn, 1-32 (published on-line)
Drugé T., Nabat P., Mallet M., Somot S. (2019) Model simulation of ammonium and nitrate aerosols distribution in the Euro-Mediterranean region and their radiative and climatic effects over 1979-2016. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 37073731, 2019, . Special Issue: CHemistry and AeRosols Mediterranean EXperiments (ChArMEx) (ACP/AMT inter-journal SI)
Darmaraki S., Somot S., Sevault F., Nabat P., Cabos W., Cavicchia L., Djurdjevic V., Li L., Sannino G., Sein D. (2019) Future evolution of Marine Heat Waves in the Mediterranean Sea. Climate Dynamics
Dunić N., Vilibić I., Šepić J., Mihanović H., Sevault F., Somot S., Waldman R., Nabat P., Arsouze T., Pennel R., Jordà G., Precali R. (2019) Performance of multi-decadal ocean simulations in the Adriatic Sea. Ocean Modelling, 134, 84-109.

2018: 35 publications

Bastin S., Drobinski P., Chiriaco M., Bock O., R. Roehrig, Gallardo C., Conte D., M. Dominguez-Alonso, L. Li, P. Lionello, A. Parracho: Impact of humidity biases on light precipitation occurrence: observations versus modelisation. In rev. to ACP special issue Hymex.
Somot S., Ruti P., Ahrens B., Coppola E., Jordà G., Sannino G., Solmon F. (2018). Editorial for the Med-CORDEX special issue. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):771-777
Froidurot, S., Molinié, G., & Diedhiou, A. (2018). Climatology of observed rainfall in Southeast France at the Regional Climate Model scales. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3), 779-797
Blanchet, J., Molinié, G., & Touati, J. (2018). Spatial analysis of trend in extreme daily rainfall in southern France. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):799-812
Chakroun, M., Bastin, S., Chiriaco, M., & Chepfer, H. (2018). Characterization of vertical cloud variability over Europe using spatial lidar observations and regional simulation. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):813-835
Rysman, J. F., Berthou, S., Claud, C., Drobinski, P., Chaboureau, J. P., & Delanoë, J. (2018). Potential of microwave observations for the evaluation of rainfall and convection in a regional climate model in the frame of HyMeX and MED-CORDEX. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):837-855
Dell’Aquila, A., Mariotti, A., Bastin, S., Calmanti, S., Cavicchia, L., Deque, M., ... & Gualdi, S. (2018). Evaluation of simulated decadal variations over the Euro-Mediterranean region from ENSEMBLES to Med-CORDEX. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):857-876
Fantini, A., Raffaele, F., Torma, C., Bacer, S., Coppola, E., Giorgi, F., ... & Verdecchia, M. (2018). Assessment of multiple daily precipitation statistics in ERA-Interim driven Med-CORDEX and EURO-CORDEX experiments against high resolution observations. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):877-900
Cavicchia, L., Scoccimarro, E., Gualdi, S., Marson, P., Ahrens, B., Berthou, S., ... & Dubois, C. (2018). Mediterranean extreme precipitation: a multi-model assessment. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):901-913
Panthou, G., Vrac, M., Drobinski, P., Bastin, S., & Li, L. (2018). Impact of model resolution and Mediterranean sea coupling on hydrometeorological extremes in RCMs in the frame of HyMeX and MED-CORDEX. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):915-932
Akhtar, N., Brauch, J., & Ahrens, B. (2018). Climate modeling over the Mediterranean Sea: impact of resolution and ocean coupling. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):933-948
Akhtar, N., Brauch, J., & Ahrens, B. (2018). Erratum to : Climate modeling over the Mediterranean Sea: impact of resolution and ocean coupling. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):949
Khodayar, S., Kalthoff, N., & Kottmeier, C. (2018). Atmospheric conditions associated with heavy precipitation events in comparison to seasonal means in the western mediterranean region. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):951-967
Berthou, S., Mailler, S., Drobinski, P., Arsouze, T., Bastin, S., Béranger, K., & Brossier, C. L. (2018). Lagged effects of the Mistral wind on heavy precipitation through ocean-atmosphere coupling in the region of Valencia (Spain) Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):969-983
Bastin, S., Chiriaco, M., & Drobinski, P. (2018). Control of radiation and evaporation on temperature variability in a WRF regional climate simulation: comparison with colocated long term ground based observations near Paris. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):985-1003
Sanchez-Gomez, E., & Somot, S. (2018). Impact of the internal variability on the cyclone tracks simulated by a regional climate model over the Med-CORDEX domain. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1005-1021
Flaounas, E., Kelemen, F. D., Wernli, H., Gaertner, M. A., Reale, M., Sanchez-Gomez, E., ... & Akhtar, N. (2018). Assessment of an ensemble of oceanatmosphere coupled and uncoupled regional climate models to reproduce the climatology of Mediterranean cyclones. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1023-1040
Gaertner, M. Á., González-Alemán, J. J., Romera, R., Domínguez, M., Gil, V., Sánchez, E., ... & Somot, S. (2018). Simulation of medicanes over the Mediterranean Sea in a regional climate model ensemble: impact of oceanatmosphere coupling and increased resolution. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1041-1057
Obermann, A., Bastin, S., Belamari, S., Conte, D., Gaertner, M. A., Li, L., & Ahrens, B. (2018). Mistral and Tramontane wind speed and wind direction patterns in regional climate simulations. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1059-1076
Drobinski, P., Bastin, S., Arsouze, T., Beranger, K., Flaounas, E., & Stefanon, M. (2018). North-western Mediterranean sea-breeze circulation in a regional climate system model. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1077-1093
Macias, D., Garcia-Gorriz, E., Dosio, A., Stips, A., & Keuler, K. (2018). Obtaining the correct sea surface temperature: bias correction of regional climate model data for the Mediterranean Sea. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1095-1117
Llasses, J., Jordà, G., Gomis, D., Adloff, F., Macías, D., Harzallah, A., ... & Sannino, G. (2018). Heat and salt redistribution within the Mediterranean Sea in the Med-CORDEX model ensemble. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1119-1143
Harzallah, A., Jordà, G., Dubois, C., Sannino, G., Carillo, A., Li, L., ... & Akhtar, N. (2018). Long term evolution of heat budget in the Mediterranean Sea from Med-CORDEX forced and coupled simulations. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1145-1165
Adloff F., Jordà G., Somot S., Sevault F., Meyssignac B., Arsouze T., Li L., Planton S. (2018) Improving sea level simulation in Mediterranean regional climate models. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1167-1178
Somot, S., Houpert, L., Sevault, F., Testor, P., Bosse, A., Taupier-Letage, I., ... & de Madron, X. D. (2018). Characterizing, modelling and understanding the climate variability of the deep water formation in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1179-1210
Dunić, N., Vilibić, I., Šepić, J., Somot, S., & Sevault, F. (2018). Dense water formation and BiOS-induced variability in the Adriatic Sea simulated using an ocean regional circulation model. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1211-1236
Drobinski, P., Da Silva, N., Panthou, G., Bastin, S., Muller, C., Ahrens, B., ... & Güttler, I. (2018). Scaling precipitation extremes with temperature in the Mediterranean: past climate assessment and projection in anthropogenic scenarios. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1237-1257
Coppola, E., Raffaele, F., & Giorgi, F. (2018). Impact of climate change on snow melt driven runoff timing over the Alpine region. Clim. Dyn., Med-CORDEX special issue, 51(3):1259-1273
Drobinski P., Da Silva N., Bastin S., Mailler S., Muller C.J., Ahrens B., Christensen O.B., Lionello P. : How drier will the Mediterranean be in a warmer climate? Submitted to Reg. Env. Change (REEC)
Bastin S., Chiriaco M., Drobinski P. (2018) Control of radiation and evaporation on temperature variability in a WRF regional climate simulation: comparison with colocated long-term ground based observations near Paris Climate Dynamics, 51 (3), pp.985-1003.
Chakroun M., Bastin S., Chiriaco M., Chepfer H. (2018) Characterization of vertical cloud variability over Europe using spatial lidar observations and regional simulation Climate Dynamics, 51 (3), pp.813-835.
Drobinski P., Da Silva N., Panthou G., Bastin S., Muller C., Borga M., Conte D., Fosser G., Güttler I., Kotroni V., Li L., Morin E., Onol B., Quintana-Segui P., Romera R. (2016) Temperature-precipitation extremes relationship in the Mediterranean: past climate assessment and projection in anthropogenic scenarios Climate Dynamics, 51 (3), pp.1237-1257.
Obermann A., Bastin S., Belamari S., Gaertner M.-A., Li L., Conte D., Ahrens B. (2018) Mistral and Tramontane wind speed and wind direction patterns in regional climate simulations Climate Dynamics, 51 (3), pp.1059-1076.
Obermann-Hellhund, A., D. Conte, S. Somot, C. Zsolt Torma, B. Ahrens (2018). Mistral and Tramontane wind systems in regional and global climate simulations from 1950 to 2100. Climate Dynamics, 50(1-2), 693-703.
Panthou G., Vrac M., Drobinski P., Bastin S., Li L. (2018) Impact of model resolution and Mediterranean sea coupling on hydrometeorological extremes in RCMs in the frame of HyMeX and MED-CORDEX. Climate Dynamics, 51 (3), pp.915-932.
Waldman R., Somot S., Herrmann M., Sevault F., Isachsen P.E. (2018a) On the chaotic variability of deep convection in the Mediterranean Sea. GRL, 45
Waldman R., Brüggemann N., Bosse A., Sevault F., Somot S., Spall M. (2018b) Overturning the Mediterranean Thermohaline Circulation. GRL, 45(16):8407-8415
Tramblay Y., Somot S. (2018) Future evolution of extreme precipitation in the Mediterranean. Climatic Change, 151(2), 289-302
Gutiérrez C., Somot S., Nabat P., Mallet M., Gaertner M.A., Perpiñán O. (2018) Impact of aerosols on the spatiotemporal variability of photovoltaic energy production in the Euro-Mediterranean area. Solar Energy. 174 : 1142-1152

2017: 4 publications

Belušić A, M Telišman Prtenjak, I Güttler, N Ban, D Leutwyler, C Schär, 2017: Near-surface wind variability over the broader Adriatic region: insights from an ensemble of regional climate models. Clim. Dyn. (2018) 50: 4455.
Colmet-Daage, A. and Sanchez-Gomez, E. and Ricci, S. and Llovel, C. and Borrell Estupina, V. and Quintana-Segui, P. and Llasat, M. C. and Servat, E. (2017) Evaluation of uncertainties in mean and extreme precipitation under climate changes for northwestern Mediterranean watersheds from high-resolution Med and Euro-CORDEX ensembles. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 2017, 1-27
Filahi S., Tramblay Y., Mouhir L., Diaconescu E.P. (2017) Projected changes in temperature and precipitation in Morocco from high-resolution regional climate models. International Journal of Climatology 37(14), 4846-4863
Marchane A., Tramblay Y., Hanich L., Ruelland D., Jarlan L. (2017) Climate change impacts on surface water resources in the Rheraya catchment (High-Atlas, Morocco). Hydrological Sciences Journal 62(6), 979-995.
Tramblay Y., Jarlan L., Hanich L., Somot S. (2017) Future scenarios for surface water resources availability in North African dams. Water Resour Manage (2018) 32: 1291 (published on line)
Waldman R., Herrmann M., Somot S., Arsouze T., Benshila R., Bosse A., Chanut J., Giordani H., Sevault F., Testor P. (2017b) Impact of the Mesoscale Dynamics on Ocean Deep Convection: The 2012-2013 Case Study in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, Special Issue HyMeX-Mermex
Waldman R., Somot S., Herrmann M., Bosse A., Caniaux G., Estournel C., Houpert L., Prieur L., Sevault F., Testor P. (2017a) Modelling of the intense 2012-2013 dense water formation event in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Evaluation with an ensemble simulation approach. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, Special Issue HyMeX-Mermex

2016: 9 publications

Berthou S., Mailler S., Drobinski P., Arsouze T., Bastin S., Beranger K., Flaounas E., Lebeaupin-Brossier C., Somot S., Stefanon M. (2016) Influence of submonthly air-sea coupling on heavy precipitation events in the Western Mediterranean basin Q. J. R. Met. Soc., 142 (S1), pp.453-471.
Drobinski P., Alonso B., Bastin S., Da Silva N., Muller C. (2016) Scaling of precipitation extremes with temperature in the French Mediterranean region: what explains the hook shape? JGR: Atmospheres, 121 (7), pp.3100-3119
Flaounas E., A. Di Luca, P. Drobinski, S. Mailler, T. Arsouze, S. Bastin, K. Beranger, C. Lebeaupin-Brossier (2016) Cyclone contribution to the Mediterranean Sea water budget Clim. Dyn., 46 (3), pp 913-927
Hamon, M., Beuvier, J., Somot, S., Lellouche, J.-M., Greiner, E., Jordà, G., Bouin, M.-N., Arsouze, T., Béranger, K., Sevault, F., Dubois, C., Drevillon, M., Drillet, Y. (2016) Design and validation of MEDRYS, a Mediterranean Sea reanalysis over the period 1992-2013 Ocean Science, 12, 577-599
Liguori G, Di Lorenzo E. , Cabos W. (2016) A multi-model ensemble view of winter heat flux dynamics and the dipole mode in the Mediterranean Sea Climate dynamics
Obermann, A., B. Edelmann, and B. Ahrens (2016). Influence of Sea Surface Roughness Length Parameterization on Mistral and Tramontane Simulations. Advances in Science and Research. 13, 107-112
Omrani H., Drobinski P., Arsouze T., Bastin S., Beranger K., Lebeaupin-Brossier C., Mailler S. (2016) Spatial and temporal variability of wind energy resource and production over the North western Mediterranean Sea: sensitivity to air-sea interactions In press to Renewable Energy.
Ruti PM, 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-C, 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, Onol B, Raikovic B, Ramage K, Sevault F, Sannino G, Struglia MV, Sanna A, Torma C, Vervatis V (2016) MED-CORDEX initiative for Mediterranean Climate studies. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97(7), 1187-1208, July 2016
Giorgi F., Torma C., Coppola E., Ban N., Schär C., Somot S. (2016) Enhanced summer convective rainfall at Alpine high elevations in response to climate warming. Nature Geoscience, 9, 584589
Vaittinada Ayar P., Vrac M., Bastin S., Carreau J., Déqué M., Gallardo C. (2016) Intercomparison of statistical and dynamical downscaling models under the EURO and MED-CORDEX initiative framework: present climate evaluations Clim. Dyn. 46, 1301-1329.

2015: 9 publications

Torma, Cs., F. Giorgi, and E. Coppola (2015) Added value of regional limate modeling over areas characterized by complex terrain-Precipitation over the Alps J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 3957-3972,
Stéfanon M, Martin-StPaul NK, Leadley P, Bastin S, Dell'Aquila A, Drobinski P, Gallardo C, (2015) Testing climate models using an impact model: what are the advantages? Climatic Change.
Adloff F., S. Somot, F. Sevault, G. Jorda, R. Aznar, M. Déqué, M. Herrmann, M. Marcos, C. Dubois, E. Padorno, E. Alvarez-Fanjul, D. Gomis (2015) Mediterranean Sea response to climate change in an ensemble of twenty first century scenarios, Climate Dynamics.
Palmiéri J., Orr J.C., Dutay J.C., Béranger K., Schneider A., Beuvier J., Somot S. (2015) Simulated anthropogenic CO2 storage and acidification of the Mediterranean Sea Biogeosciences 12, 781-802, 2015.
Andrello M., Mouillot D., Somot S., Thuiller W., Manel S. (2015) Additive effects of climate change on connectivity between marine protected areas and larval supply to fished areas. Diversity and Distributions, 21: 139-150.
Nabat P., Somot S., Mallet M., Sevault F., Chiacchio M., Wild M. (2015) Direct and semi-direct aerosol radiative effect on the Mediterranean climate variability using a coupled Regional Climate System Model. Clim. Dyn. 44, 1127-1155.
Berthou S, Mailler S, Drobinski P, Arsouze T, Bastin S, Beranger K, Lebeaupin-Brossier C. 2015. Sensitivity of an intense rain event between atmosphere-only and atmosphere-ocean regional coupled models: 19 september 1996. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 141:258-271.
Lebeaupin Brossier, C., S. Bastin, K. Béranger, and P. Drobinski, 2015: Regional mesoscale air-sea coupling impacts and extreme meteorological events role on the Mediterranean Sea water budget. Clim. Dyn., 44 (3), 1029-1051.
Soto-Navarro J., Somot S., Sevault F., Beuvier J., Béranger K., Criado-Aldeanueva F., García-Lafuente J. (2015) Evaluation of regional ocean circulation models for the Mediterranean Sea at the strait of Gibraltar: volume transport and thermohaline properties of the outflow. Clim.Dyn. 44, 1277-1292,.
Nabat P., S. Somot, M. Mallet, M. Michou, F. Sevault, F. Driouech, D. Meloni, A. Di Sarra, C. Di Biagio, P. Formenti, M. Sicard, J.-F. Léon, and M.-N. Bouin (2015b) Dust aerosol radiative effects during summer 2012 simulated with a coupled regional aerosol-atmosphere-ocean model over the Mediterranean Atm. Chem. Phys., 15, 3303-3326

2014: 14 publications

Torma Cs., Giorgi F., (2014) Assessing the contribution of different factors in regional climate model projections using the factor separation method. Atmos. Sci. Let. 15, 239-244.
Di Luca, A., Flaounas, E., Drobinski, P., & Brossier, C. L. (2014). The atmospheric component of the Mediterranean Sea water budget in a WRF multi-physics ensemble and observations. Climate Dynamics, 43(9-10), 2349-2375.
Nabat P., Somot S., Mallet M., Sanchez-Lorenzo A., Wild M. (2014) Contribution of anthropogenic sulfate aerosols to the changing Euro-Mediterranean climate since 1980. Geophys. Res. Lett., Volume 41, Issue 15, pages 5605-5611.
Sevault F., Somot S., Alias A., Dubois C., Lebeaupin-Brossier C., Nabat P., Adloff F., Déqué M. and Decharme B. (2014) A fully coupled Mediterranean regional climate system model: design and evaluation of the ocean component for the 1980-2012 period. Tellus A, 66, 23967.
Drobinski P., V. Ducrocq, P. Alpert, E. Anagnostou, K. Béranger, M. Borga, I. Braud, A. Chanzy, S. Davolio, G. Delrieu, C. Estournel, N. Filali Boubrahmi, J. Font, V. Grubisic, S. Gualdi, B. Ivancan-Picek, C. Kottmeier, V. Kotroni, K. Lagouvardos, P. Lionello, M.C. Llasat, W. Ludwig, C. Lutoff, A. Mariotti, E. Richard, R. Romero, R. Rotunno, O. Roussot, I. Ruin, S. Somot, I. Taupier-Letage, J. Tintore, R. Uijlenhoet, H. Wernli (2014) HyMeX: A 10-Year Multidisciplinary Program on the Mediterranean Water Cycle (Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Volume 95, Issue 7, pp. 1063-1082 (July 2014),
Auger P.A., Ulses C., Estournel C., Stemman L., Somot S., Diaz F. (2014) Interannual control of plankton ecosystem in a deep convection area as inferred from a 30-year 3D modeling study: winter mixing and prey/predator interactions in the NW Mediterranean. Progress in Oceanography: 12-27.
Hattab T., Albouy C., Lasram F.B.R., Somot S., Leloch F., Leprieur F. (2014) Towards a better understanding of potential impacts of climate change on marine species distribution: a multiscale modelling approach. Global Ecology and Biogeography, (Global Ecol. Biogeogr.) (2014) 23, 1417-1429
Berthou S., Mailler S., Drobinski P., Arsouze T., Bastin S., Béranger K., Lebeaupin-Brossier C., 2014: Prior history of mistral and tramontane winds modulates heavy precipitation events in southern france. Tellus A 66(0)
Akhtar, N., Brauch, J., Dobler, A., Béranger, K., and Ahrens, B.: Medicanes in an ocean-atmosphere coupled regional climate model, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 2189-2201 , doi:10.5194/nhess-14-2189-2014, 2014.
Chiriaco M., S. Bastin, P. Yiou, M. Haeffelin, J.-C. Dupont, M. Stéfanon, 2014: European heatwave in July 2006: observations and modeling showing how local processes amplify conducive large-scale conditions, Geo. Res. Let. , doi: 10.1002/2014GL060205
Flaounas E., Raveh-Rubin S., Wernli H., Drobinski P., Bastin S., 2014: The dynamical structure and atmospheric circulation of intense Mediterranean cyclones. Climate Dynamics, 1-17.
Stefánon M., Drobinski P., D'Andrea F., Lebeaupin-Brossier C., Bastin S., 2014: Soil moisture-temperature feedbacks at meso-scale during summer heat waves over western Europe, Climate Dynamics, 42 (5-6), 1309-1324 ,doi : 10.1007/s00382-013-1794-9.
Pascual A., Vidal-Vijande E., Ruiz S., Somot S., Papadopoulos V. (2014) Spatio-temporal variability of the surface circulation in the Western Mediterranean: a comparative study using altimetry and modeling. In The Mediterranean Sea: Temporal Variability and Spatial Patterns, Geophysical Monograph 202. Eds. Borzelli G.L.E., M. Gacic, P. Lionello, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, American Geophysical Union (First Edition). ISBN-10: 1118847342 (2014)
Georgiou, S., Mantziafou A., Sofianos S., Gertman I., Özsoy E., Somot S., Vervatis V. (2014) Climate variability and deep water mass characteristics in the Aegean Sea, Atmospheric Research

2013: 10 publications

Flaounas E., Drobinski P., Bastin S., 2013: Dynamical downscaling of IPSL-CM5 CMIP5 historical simulations over the Mediterranean: Benefits on the representation of regional wind and cyclogenesis Clim Dyn, 40 (9-10) 40:2497-2513. DOI 10.1007/s00382-012-1606-7
Flaounas E., Drobinski P., Vrac M., Bastin S., Lebeaupin Brossier C., M. Stéfanon, M. Borga, E. Morin, J.-C. Calvet, G. Delrieu, 2013: Precipitation and temperature space-time variability and extremes in the Mediterranean region: Evaluation of dynamical and statistical downscaling methods. Clim. Dyn., 40, 11-12, 2687-2705, 2013 , doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1558-y
Jacob D., Petersen J., Eggert B., Alias A., Christensen O.B., Bouwer L., Braun A., Colette A., Déqué M., Georgievski G., Georgopoulou E., Gobiet A., Menut L., Nikulin G., Haensler A., Hempelmann N., Jones C., Keuler K., Kovats S., Kröner N., Kotlarski S., Kriegsmann A., Martin E., van Meijgaard E., Moseley C., Pfeifer S., Preuschmann S., Radtke K., Rechid D., Rounsevell M., Samuelsson P., Somot S., Soussana J.-F., Teichmann C., Valentini R., Vautard R., Weber B. And Yiou P. (2013) EURO-CORDEX: New high-resolution climate change projections for European impact research. Regional Environmental Change, 14(2), 563-578.
L'Heveder B., Li L., Sevault F., Somot S. (2013) Interannual variability of deep convection in the Northwestern Mediterranean simulated with a coupled AORCM. Climate Dyn., 41:937-960. , doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1527-5
Lebeaupin-Brossier C., Drobinski P., Beranger K., Bastin S., Orain F., 2013: Ocean memory effect on the dynamics of coastal heavy precipitation preceded by a mistral event in the North-Western mediterranean. QJRMS, 139 (675), 1583-1597, 2013 , doi: 10.1002/qj.2049
Nabat P., S. Somot, M. Mallet, I. Chiapello, J.-J. Morcrette, F. Solmon, S. Szopa, F. Dulac, W. Collins, S. Ghan, L.W. Horowitz, J.F. Lamarque, Y.H. Lee, V. Naik, T. Nagashima, D. Shindell, R. Skeie (2013) A 4-D climatology (1979-2009) of the monthly tropospheric aerosol optical depth distribution over the Mediterranean region from a comparative evaluation and blending of remote sensing and model products. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 1287-1314 , doi:10.5194/amt-6-1287-2013
Sofianos S., V. Vervatis, N. Skliris, S. Somot, A. Lascaratos and A. Mantziafou (2013), Climate variability and water mass formation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Springer Atmospheric Sciences, Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics, Part 2, pages 729-735 , doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-29172-2.
Tramblay Y., Ruelland D., Somot S., Bouaicha R., Servat E. (2013) High-resolution Med-CORDEX regional climate model simulations for hydrological impact studies: a first evaluation of the ALADIN-Climate model in Morocco. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 3721-3739 , doi:10.5194/hess-17-3721-2013
Vervatis, V. D., S. S. Sofianos, N. Skliris, S. Somot, A. Lascaratos, and M. Rixen (2013), Mechanisms controlling the thermohaline circulation pattern variability in the Aegean-Levantine region. A hindcast simulation (1960-2000) with an eddy resolving model, Deep-Sea Research Part I, 74:82-97 , doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.12.011
Sanna, A., Lionello, P., & Gualdi, S. (2013). Coupled atmosphere ocean climate model simulations in the Mediterranean region: effect of a high-resolution marine model on cyclones and precipitation. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 13(6), 1567-1577.

2012: 6 publications

Beuvier J., Béranger K., Lebeaupin-Brossier C., Somot S., Sevault F., Drillet Y., Bourdallé-Badie R., Ferry N., Lyard F. (2012) Spreading of the Western Mediterranean Deep Water after winter 2005: time scales and deep cyclone transport. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans,117(C7).
Claud C., Alhammoud B., Funatsu B.M., Lebeaupin-Brossier C., Chaboureau J.P., Beranger K., Drobinski P., 2012: A High Resolution Climatology of Precipitation and Deep Convection over the Mediterranean Region from Operational Satellite Microwave Data: Development and Application to the Evaluation of Model Uncertainties. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 785-798 , doi:10.5194/nhess-12-785-2012
Jordá G., D. Gomis, E. Álvarez-Fanjul, S. Somot (2012) Atmospheric contribution to Mediterranean and nearby Atlantic sea level under different climate change scenarios. Global and Planetary Change : 80-81, 198-214 , doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.10.013
Papadopoulos V.P., S. Josey; A. Bartzokas; S. Somot; S. Ruiz; P. Drakopoulou (2012) Large scale atmospheric circulation favoring deep and intermediate water formation in the Mediterranean Sea. J. Climate, 25 (18): 6079-6091 , doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00657.1
Szczypta C., Decharme B., Carrer D., Calvet J.-C., Lafont S., Somot S., Faroux S., and Martin E. (2012) Impact of precipitation and land biophysical variables on the simulated discharge of European and Mediterranean rivers. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 3351-3370 , doi:10.5194/hess-16-3351-2012
Vrac M., Drobinski P., Merlo A., Herrmann M., Lavaysse C., Li L., Somot S. (2012) Dynamical and statistical downscaling of the French Mediterranean climate: uncertainty assessment. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.: 12, 2769-2784 , doi:10.5194/nhess-12-2769-2012

2011: 3 publications

Meyssignac B., Calafat F., Somot S., Rupolo V., Stocchi P., Llovel W., Cazenave A. (2011) Two-dimensional reconstruction of the Mediterranean sea level over 1970-2006 from tide gauge data and regional ocean circulation model outputs. Global and Planetary Change , doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.03.002
Josey, S. A., S. Somot, and M. Tsimplis (2011) Impacts of atmospheric modes of variability on Mediterranean Sea surface heat exchange, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C02032 , doi:10.1029/2010JC006685.
Herrmann M., Somot S., Calmanti S., Dubois C., Sevault F. (2011) Representation of daily wind speed spatial and temporal variability and intense wind events over the Mediterranean Sea using dynamical downscaling : impact of the regional climate model configuration, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 1983-2001 , doi:10.5194/nhess-11-1983-2011