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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 related modeling approaches. Parsimonious hydro-climatological models hold the potential to simulate the combined effects of rainfall intensity and distribution patterns in the absence of precipitation records for short time intervals (e.g. daily to sub-hourly) and over large areas (e.g. regional to continental). In this book, we show how the principle of parsimony can be followed without sacrificing depth in seeking to understand a variety of landscape and surface processes that include hydrologic phenomena. Geographically speaking, the focus of the book is on Mediterranean environments. In this region, which is characterized by a complex morphology, soil erosion by water is a major cause of landscape degradation and the fragility of ecosystems is abundantly documented. By exploring interactions between erosive storms and land with the help of modeling solutions created at a variety of scales, the book investigates in detail the climatic implications for the Mediterranean landscape in an effort to bridge historical and contemporary research, which makes it unique in its approach. The book provides a valuable resource for environmental scientists, while also providing an important basis for graduate and postgraduate students interested in research on hydrological cycles and environmental changes.

Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects. --- Climatic changes -- Social aspects. --- Global environmental change. --- Storms -- Mediterranean Region. --- Storms --- Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Physical Geography --- Global environmental change --- Environmental change, Global --- Global change, Environmental --- Global environmental changes --- Earth sciences. --- Meteorology. --- Natural disasters. --- Physical geography. --- Computer simulation. --- Geographical information systems. --- Earth Sciences. --- Natural Hazards. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Simulation and Modeling. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Change --- Ecology --- Natural disasters --- Weather --- Geology. --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Computer modeling --- Computer models --- Modeling, Computer --- Models, Computer --- Simulation, Computer --- Electromechanical analogies --- Mathematical models --- Simulation methods --- Model-integrated computing --- Aerology --- Atmospheric science --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Mediterranean Region --- Mediterranean Region. --- Environmental conditions. --- CATASTROPHES NATURELLES + DANGERS NATURELS --- CHANGEMENT GLOBAL + RÉCHAUFFEMENT CLIMATIQUE (CLIMATOLOGIE) --- CLIMATE MODELS + PROXY DATA (CLIMATOLOGY) --- EROSION + CORROSION + WEATHERING (SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT) --- EROSION + KORROSION + VERWITTERUNG (ABLAGERUNGSMILIEU) --- GALES (METEOROLOGY) --- GLOBAL CHANGE + GLOBAL WARMING (CLIMATOLOGY) --- GLOBAL CHANGE + KLIMAERWÄRMUNG (KLIMATOLOGIE) --- ITALIE DU SUD --- KLIMAMODELLE + PROXY DATA (KLIMATOLOGIE) --- MEDITERRANEAN REGION (PHYSIOGEOGRAPHIC DESIGNATION) --- MITTELMEERGEBIET (PHYSIOGEOGRAPHISCHE ORTE) --- MODÈLES CLIMATOLOGIQUES + PROXY DATA (CLIMATOLOGIE) --- NATURAL HAZARDS + NATURAL CATASTROPHES --- NATURGEFAHREN + NATURKATASTROPHEN --- RÉGION MÉDITERRANÉENNE (LIEUX ET MILIEUX PHYSICO-GÉOGRAPHIQUES) --- SOUTHERN ITALY --- STÜRME (METEOROLOGIE) --- SÜDITALIEN --- TEMPÊTES (MÉTÉOROLOGIE) --- ÉROSION + CORROSION + ALTÉRATION (ENVIRONNEMENT SÉDIMENTAIRE) --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region