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MedCLIVAR 2012 Conference
The climate of the Mediterranean region:
understanding its evolution and effects on environment and societies
The Conference will be held in Madrid, Spain, on 26-29 September 2012 at Museo del Traje
The conference aims to offer a forum for dissemination and discussion of recent progress in
Mediterranean climate research and to integrate expertise and promote exchange of information
between climatologists, on the one hand, and hydrologists, ecologists, social scientists, public health
experts, economists and agronomists on the other.
The conference topics include the traditional focal points of the MedCLIVAR programme: paleoclimate of
the Mediterranean region, synoptic climatology, circulation and mean sea level of the Mediterranean
Sea, chemistry and climate, modeling of the Mediterranean climate system and the climate of the
Mediterranean region in future climate projections. However, this year, special focus will be given to
contributions on Recent development in regional climate models and their evaluation, Climate extreme
events and their impacts, Decadal and multi-decadal variability, Seasonal to decadal climate prediction
and associated impacts, Global and regional teleconnections, Marine climate projections for the 21st
century and associated impacts, Rapid climate change during the Pleistocene, Climate instability during
interglacials, Aerosol chemistry, pollution, urbanization and climate.
Session 1 - Paleoclimate of the Mediterranean region
Session 2 - Climate variability, trends and extremes
Session 3 - Regional processes and climate change impacts
Session 4 - Circulation and mean sea level of the Mediterranean Sea
Session 5 - Modeling of the Mediterranean climate system and climate projections
Conveners: Piero Lionello, Ileana Bladé, Isabel Cacho, Damià Gomis, Serge Planton, Elena Xoplaki,
Vassilis Zervakis
Invited Speakers: Fabio d'Andrea, Alessandro Dell'Aquila, Michel Déqué, Jürg Luterbacher, Marta
Marcos, Gianmaria Sannino, Andrea Toreti, Ricardo Machado Trigo, Evangelos Tyrlis
Scientific Committee: Piero Lionello, Ileana Bladé, Isabel Cacho, Damià Gomis, Serge Planton, Vassilis
Zervakis
Organizing Committee: Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca, Ileana Bladé, Riccardo Buccolieri, Isabel Cacho,
Ernesto Rodriguez Camino, Damià Gomis, Alicia Lavín, Enrique Sánchez Sánchez
The official website of the Conference is: www.medclivar2012.org. Information will be also regularly
posted on the MedCLIVAR website www.medclivar.eu. The 3rd circular will be distributed on 14th May.
Please mind the following deadlines:
15th April - 1st June abstract submission (at www.medclivar2012.org)
1st July notification of acceptance
15th July Conference programme on line
1st May - 1st September: Registration (at www.medclivar2012.org)