Publications

(Using output from the RCM simulations of the MENA-CORDEX domain)

Papers in peer-reviewed journals

Ozturk, T., Saygili-Araci, F. S., & Levent Kurnaz, M. (2021). Projected Changes in Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Indices Over CORDEX-MENA Domain. Atmosphere. DOI 10.3390/atmos12050622

Ahmadi, H., Baaghideh, M. & Dadashi-Roudbari, A. Climate change impacts on pistachio cultivation areas in Iran: a simulation analysis based on CORDEX-MENA multi-model ensembles. (2021). Theoretical and Applied Climatology 145, 109–120. DOI 10.1007/s00704-021-03614-z

Zittis, G., Hadjinicolaou, P., Almazroui, M., Bucchignani, E., Driouech, F., el Rhaz, K., Kurnaz, L., Nikulin, G., Ntoumos, A., Ozturk, T., Proestos, Y., Stenchikov, G., Zaaboul, R., & Lelieveld, J. (2021). Business-as-usual will lead to super and ultra-extreme heatwaves in the Middle East and North Africa. Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 4(1). DOI 10.1038/s41612-021-00178-7

Tomaszkiewicz, M. A. (2021). Future Seasonal Drought Conditions over the CORDEX-MENA/Arab Domain. Atmosphere.  DOI 10.3390/atmos12070856

Band, S. S., Bateni, S. M., Almazroui, M., Sajjadi, S., Chau, K. wing, & Mosavi, A. (2021). Evaluating the potential of offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Oman using the MENA-CORDEX wind speed data simulations. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 15(1), 613–626. DOI 10.1080/19942060.2021.1893225

Demiroglu, O. C., Saygili-Araci, F. S., Pacal, A., Hall, C. M., & Kurnaz, M. L. (2020). Future Holiday Climate Index (HCI) Performance of Urban and Beach Destinations in the Mediterranean. Atmosphere, 11(9), 911. DOI 10.3390/atmos11090911

Spinoni, J., Barbosa, P., Bucchignani, E., Cassano, J., Cavazos, T., Christensen, J. H., Christensen, O. B., Coppola, E., Evans, J., Geyer, B., Giorgi, F., Hadjinicolaou, P., Jacob, D., Katzfey, J., Koenigk, T., Laprise, R., Lennard, C. J., Kurnaz, M. L., … Nikulin, G., Ozturk, T., Panitz, H.-J., ... Zittis, G., Dosio, A. (2020). Future Global Meteorological Drought Hot Spots: A Study Based on CORDEX Data. Journal of Climate, 33(9), 3635–3661. DOI 10.1175/jcli-d-19-0084.1

Almazroui, M. (2019). Temperature Changes over the CORDEX-MENA Domain in the 21st Century Using CMIP5 Data Downscaled with RegCM4: A Focus on the Arabian Peninsula. Advances in Meteorology, 2019. DOI 10.1155/2019/5395676

Almazroui. (2019). Climate Extremes over the Arabian Peninsula Using RegCM4 for Present Conditions Forced by Several CMIP5 Models. Atmosphere, 10(11), 675. DOI 10.3390/atmos10110675

Zittis, G., Hadjinicolaou, P., Klangidou, M., Proestos, Y., & Lelieveld, J. (2019). A multi-model, multi-scenario, and multi-domain analysis of regional climate projections for the Mediterranean. Regional Environmental Change, 19(8), 2621–2635. DOI 10.1007/s10113-019-01565-w

Bucchignani, E., Mercogliano, P., Panitz, H. J., & Montesarchio, M. (2018). Climate change projections for the Middle East–North Africa domain with COSMO-CLM at different spatial resolutions. Advances in Climate Change Research, 9(1), 66–80. DOI 10.1016/j.accre.2018.01.004

Ozturk, T., Turp, M. T., Türkeş, M., & Kurnaz, M. L. (2018). Future projections of temperature and precipitation climatology for CORDEX-MENA domain using RegCM4.4. Atmospheric Research, 206, 87–107. DOI 10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.02.009

Zittis, G., & Hadjinicolaou, P. (2017). The effect of radiation parameterization schemes on surface temperature in regional climate simulations over the MENA-CORDEX domain. International Journal of Climatology, 37(10). DOI 10.1002/joc.4959

Almazroui, M., Islam, M. N., Al-Khalaf, A. K., & Saeed, F. (2016). Best convective parameterization scheme within RegCM4 to downscale CMIP5 multi-model data for the CORDEX-MENA/Arab domain. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 124(3–4), 807–823. DOI 10.1007/s00704-015-1463-5

Almazroui, M., Islam, M.N., Alkhalaf, A.K. et al. (2016) Simulation of temperature and precipitation climatology for the CORDEX-MENA/Arab domain using RegCM4. Arab J Geosci, 9(1), 13, DOI 10.1007/s12517-015-2045-7

Almazroui, M. (2016). RegCM4 in climate simulation over CORDEX-MENA/Arab domain: Selection of suitable domain, convection and land-surface schemes. International Journal of Climatology, 36(1), 236–251. DOI 10.1002/joc.4340

Bucchignani, E., Mercogliano, P., Rianna, G., & Panitz, H. J. (2016). Analysis of ERA-Interim-driven COSMO-CLM simulations over Middle East – North Africa domain at different spatial resolutions. International Journal of Climatology, 36(9), 3346–3369. DOI 10.1002/joc.4559

Bucchignani, E., Cattaneo, L., Panitz, H. J., & Mercogliano, P. (2016). Sensitivity analysis with the regional climate model COSMO-CLM over the CORDEX-MENA domain. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 128(1), 73–95. DOI 10.1007/s00703-015-0403-3

Zittis, G., Hadjinicolaou, P., and Lelieveld, J. (2014) Comparison of WRF model physics parameterizations over the MENA-CORDEX domain. American Journal of Climate Change, 03(05):490-511. DOI 10.4236/ajcc.2014.35042

Conference presentations and proceedings

Hadjinicolaou P., Nikulin G., Graham P., Rixen M., Zittis G., Lelieveld J., and the MENA-CORDEX Team (2015) High resolution climate projections for the eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa: the MENA-CORDEX initiative, EWACC - Building Bridges Conference, June 2015, Nicosia, Cyprus

Bosshard T., Yang W., Sjökvist E., Arheimer B. and Graham L.P. (2014) Bias-correction of CORDEX-MENA projections using the Distribution Based Scaling method. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, April 2014, Vienna, Austria

Gallucio S., Bucchignani E., Mercogliano P., Montesarchio M. (2014) Regional climate simulations with COSMO-CLM over MENA-CORDEX domain. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, April 2014, Vienna, Austria

Hänsler A., Weber T., Eggert B., Saeed F. and Jacob D. (2014) Regional climate projections for the MENA-CORDEX domain: analysis of projected temperature and precipitation changes. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, April 2014, Vienna, Austria

Zittis G., Hadjinicolaou P. and Lelieveld J. (2014) WRF sensitivity to physics parameterizations over the MENA-CORDEX domain. 3rd International Lund Regional-Scale Climate Modelling Workshop, June 2014, Lund, Sweden

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