Abstract
monitor, and forecast the storms, (d) the impact of the storms, with the emphasis on damaging floods, landslides and coastal waves, and (e) the socio-economical aspects of damaging storms. We invited 25 experts, who had contributed to previous Plinius conferences, to be part of the Scientific Committee and to help convene fourteen different sessions. We selected specialists for nine keynote addresses. We can say that the Plinius-9 Conference was a success. This is shown by the considerable number of abstracts submitted (170), by the attendance of 137 scientists from Europe, Middle East, Australia and the United States, and by the many papers that have resulted from the Conference. This special issue of “Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences” (NHESS, http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci. net/special issue81.html) contains 18 papers that are based on presentations given at the Plinius-9 Conference. Noteworthy, 18 additional papers ‐ including the two presenta
Highlights
The conference was held at the International Congress Centre Villa Monastero
We organized the Conference programme around a set of topics addressing: (a) the nature and physical processes related to extreme precipitation events, (b) their expected alterations associated with the foreseen climate changes, (c) the techniques used to observe, Correspondence to: A
We can say that the Plinius-9 Conference was a success. This is shown by the considerable number of abstracts submitted (170), by the attendance of 137 scientists from Europe, Middle East, Australia and the United States, and by the many papers that have resulted from the Conference. This special issue of “Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences” (NHESS, http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci. net/special issue81.html) contains 18 papers that are based on presentations given at the Plinius-9 Conference
Summary
The conference was held at the International Congress Centre Villa Monastero. The selection of the site was based on several motivations. We organized the Conference programme around a set of topics addressing: (a) the nature and physical processes related to extreme precipitation events, (b) their expected alterations associated with the foreseen climate changes, (c) the techniques used to observe, Correspondence to: A. Through the analysis of individual meteorological events, or of catalogues of meteorological events in a period, a few authors discuss the nature and physical processes associated with storms in the Mediterranean area.
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