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Boitani and G. Milana and L. Maiorano and L Luiselli} } @article {873, title = {The Late Holocene tephra record of the central Mediterranean Sea: Mappingoccurrences andnewpotential isochrons for the 4.4{\textendash}2.0 ka time interval}, journal = {Journal of Quaternary Science}, year = {2019}, month = {10/2019}, pages = {1 - 19}, keywords = {Central Mediterranean, cryptotephra, isochronous marker, Italian volcanism, tephra}, issn = {ISSN 0267-8179}, doi = {DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3154}, author = {D.D. Insinga and P. Petrosino and I. Alberico and G.J. DE LANGE and C. LUBRITTO and F. Molisso and M. Sacchi and R. SULPIZIO and J. WU and F. Lirer} } @article {716, title = {8800 years of high-altitude vegetation and climate history at the Rutor Glacier forefield, Italian Alps. Evidence of middle Holocene timberline rise and glacier contraction}, journal = {Quaternary Science Reviews}, volume = {185}, year = {2018}, month = {Jan-04-2018}, pages = {41 - 68}, issn = {02773791}, doi = {10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.01.022}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379117310430http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0277379117310430?httpAccept=text/xmlhttp://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0277379117310430?httpAccept=text/plain}, author = {Badino, Federica and Ravazzi, Cesare and {\`e}, Francesca and Pini, Roberta and Aceti, Amelia and Brunetti, Michele and Champvillair, Elena and Maggi, Valter and Maspero, Francesco and Perego, Renata and Orombelli, Giuseppe} } @article {730, title = {Forty years of dietary studies on barn owl (Tyto alba) reveal long term trends in diversity metrics of small mammal prey}, journal = {Animal Biology}, year = {2018}, month = {Feb-03-2020}, issn = {1570-7555}, doi = {10.1163/15707563-17000095}, url = {http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15707563-17000095}, author = {Milana, Giuliano and Luiselli, Luca and Amori, Giovanni} } @article {745, title = {History of chemically and radiatively important atmospheric gases from the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE)}, journal = {Earth System Science Data}, volume = {10}, year = {2018}, month = {06/2018}, chapter = {985}, url = {https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-985-2018}, author = {Prinn, Ronald G and Weiss, Ray F and Arduini, Jgor and Arnold, Tim and DeWitt, Langley H and Fraser, Paul J and Ganesan, Anita L and Gasore, Jimmy and Harth, Christina M and Hermansen, Ove and Kim, Jooil and Krummel, Paul B and Li, Shanlan and Loh, Zo{\"e} M and Lunder, Chris R and Maione, Michela and Manning, Alistair J and Miller, Ben R and Mitrevski, Blagoj and M{\"u}hle, Jens and O{\textquoteright}Doherty, Simon and Park, Sunyoung and Reimann, Stefan and Rigby, Matt and Saito, Takuya and Salameh, Peter K and Schmidt, Roland and Simmonds, Peter G and Steele, Paul L and Vollmer, Martin K and Wang, Ray H and Yao, Bo and Yokouchi, Yoko and Young, Dickon and Zhou, Lingxi} } @article {729, title = {Implications of climate change on landslide hazard in Central Italy}, journal = {Science of The Total Environment}, volume = {630}, year = {2018}, month = {Jan-07-2018}, pages = {1528 - 1543}, issn = {00489697}, doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.315}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969718307150http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0048969718307150?httpAccept=text/xmlhttp://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0048969718307150?httpAccept=text/plain}, author = {Alvioli, Massimiliano and Melillo, Massimo and Guzzetti, Fausto and Rossi, Mauro and Palazzi, Elisa and von Hardenberg, Jost and Brunetti, Maria Teresa and Peruccacci, Silvia} } @article {778, title = {Mediterranean extreme precipitation: a multi-model assessment}, journal = {Climate Dynamics}, volume = {51}, year = {2018}, pages = {901{\textendash}913}, doi = {DOI 10.1007/s00382-016-3245-x}, author = {L. Cavicchia and E. Scoccimarro and S. Gualdi and P. Marson and B. Ahrens and S. Berthou and D. Conte and A. Dell{\textquoteright}Aquila and P. Drobinski and V. Djurdjevic and C. Dubois and C. Gallardo and L. Li and P. Oddo and A. Sanna and C. Torma} } @article {796, title = {Modelling the frequency distribution of inter-arrival times from daily precipitation time-series in North-West Italy}, journal = {Hydrology Research}, year = {2018}, month = {07/2018}, keywords = {dry spells, inter-arrival times, Lerch probability distribution, rainfall regime, water scarcity, wet spells}, url = {https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2018.042 }, author = {G. Baiamonte and L. Mercalli and D. Cat Merro and C. Agnese and S. Ferraris} } @article {711, title = {Acute and chronic ozone exposure temporarily affects seed germination in alpine plants}, journal = {Plant Biosystems}, volume = {151}, year = {2017}, pages = {304-315}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2016.1174169}, author = {T. Abeli and D. B. Guasconi and A. Mondoni and D. Dondi and A. Bentivoglio and A. Buttafava and P. Cristofanelli and P. Bonasoni and G. Rossi and S.Orsenigo} } @article {720, title = {Constraining the ship contribution to the aerosol of the central Mediterranean}, journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics}, volume = {17}, year = {2017}, month = {Jan-01-2017}, pages = {2067 - 2084}, doi = {10.5194/acp-17-2067-2017}, url = {https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/2067/2017/https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/17/2067/2017/acp-17-2067-2017.pdf}, author = {Becagli, Silvia and Anello, Fabrizio and Bommarito, Carlo and Cassola, Federico and Calzolai, Giulia and Di Iorio, Tatiana and di Sarra, Alcide and {\'o}mez-Amo, {\'e}-Luis and Lucarelli, Franco and Marconi, Miriam and Meloni, Daniela and Monteleone, Francesco and Nava, Silvia and Pace, Giandomenico and Severi, Mirko and Sferlazzo, Damiano Massimiliano and Traversi, Rita and Udisti, Roberto} } @article {725, title = {The GLAM airborne campaign across the Mediterranean Basin}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society}, year = {2017}, month = {Apr-07-2019}, issn = {0003-0007}, doi = {10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0226.1}, url = {http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0226.1http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0226.1}, author = {Ricaud, Philippe and Zbinden, {\'e}gina and Catoire, {\'e}ry and Brocchi, Vanessa and Dulac, {\c c}ois and Hamonou, Eric and Canonici, Jean-Christophe and El Amraoui, Laaziz and Massart, {\'e}bastien and Piguet, Bruno and Dayan, Uri and Nabat, Pierre and Sciare, Jean and Ramonet, Michel and Delmotte, Marc and di Sarra, Alcide and Sferlazzo, Damiano and Di Iorio, Tatiana and Piacentino, Salvatore and Cristofanelli, Paolo and Mihalopoulos, Nikos and Kouvarakis, Giorgos and Pikridas, Michael and Savvides, Chrysanthos and Mamouri, Rodanthi-Elisavet and Nisantzi, Argyro and Hadjimitsis, Diofantos and {\'e}, Jean-Luc and {\'e}, {\'e}l{\`e}ne and Kangah, Yannick and Jaidan, Nizar and Guth, Jonathan and Jacquet, Patrick and Chevrier, {\'e}phane and Robert, Claude and Bourdon, {\'e}lien and Bourdinot, {\c c}ois and Etienne, Jean-Claude and Krysztofiak, {\`e}le and Theron, Pierre} } @article {707, title = {Investigation of reactive gases and methane variability in the coastal boundary layer of the central Mediterranean basin}, journal = {Elementa Science of the Antropocene}, year = {2017}, month = {03/2017}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.216}, author = {Paolo Cristofanelli and Maurizio Busetto and Franescopiero Calzolari and Ivano Ammoscato and Daniel Gull{\`\i} and Adelaide Dinoi and Claudia Roberta Calidonna and Daniele Contini and Damiano Sferlazzo and Tatiana di Iorio and Salvatore Piacentino and Angela Marinoni and Michela Maione and Paolo Bonasoni} } @article {675, title = {On the key role of droughts in the dynamics of summer fires in Mediterranean Europe}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {7}, year = {2017}, month = {Jan-12-2017}, pages = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-00116-9}, url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00116-9http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00116-9.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00116-9.pdfhttp://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00116-9}, author = {Turco, Marco and von Hardenberg, Jost and AghaKouchak, Amir and Llasat, Maria Carmen and Provenzale, Antonello and Trigo, Ricardo M.} } @article {774, title = {Marine sediment cores database for the Mediterranean Basin: a tool for past climatic environmental studies}, journal = {Open Geosciences}, volume = {9}, year = {2017}, pages = {221-239}, keywords = {climatic paleoproxies, database, marine sediment cores, Mediterranean Sea, spatial analysis}, doi = {10.1515/geo-2017-0019 }, author = {I. Alberico and I. Giliberti and D.D. Insinga and P. Petrosino and M. Vallefuoco and F. Lirer and S. Bonomo and A. Cascella and E. Anzalone and R. Barra and E. Marsella and L. Ferraro} } @article {681, title = {Marine sediment cores database for the Mediterranean Basin: a tool for past climatic and environmental studies}, journal = {Open Geosciences}, volume = {9}, year = {2017}, month = {03/2017}, pages = {221 - 239}, keywords = {climatic paleoproxies, database, marine sediment cores, Mediterranean Sea, spatial analysis}, doi = {DOI 10.1515/geo-2017-0019}, author = {Alberico, I and Giliberti, I and Insinga, D D and Petrosino, P and Vallefuoco, M and Lirer, F and Bonomo, S and Cascella, A and Anzalone, E and Barra, E and Marsella, E and Ferraro, L} } @article {713, title = {Validation of PROBA-V GEOV1 and MODIS C5 \& C6 fAPAR Products in a Deciduous Beech Forest Site in Italy}, journal = {Remote Sensing}, volume = {93012153}, year = {2017}, month = {Jan-05-2017}, pages = {126}, doi = {10.3390/rs9020126}, url = {http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/2/126http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/2/126/pdf}, author = {Nestola, Enrica and {\'a}nchez-Zapero, Jorge and Latorre, Consuelo and Mazzenga, Francesco and Matteucci, Giorgio and Calfapietra, Carlo and Camacho, Fernando} } @article {650, title = {Central Mediterranean Mid-Pleistocene paleoclimatic variability and its association with global climate}, journal = {Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology}, volume = {442}, year = {2016}, pages = {72-83}, keywords = {Central Mediterranean, Middle Pleistocene, Paleoceanographic changes, planktonic foraminifera}, issn = {0031-0182}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.11.009}, author = {Capotondi, Lucilla and Girone, Angela and Lirer, Fabrizio and Bergami, Caterina and Verducci, Marina and Vallefuoco, Mattia and Afferri, Angelica and Ferraro, Luciana and Pelosi, Nicola and De Lange Gert J} } @article {783, title = {Discussing the role of tropical and subtropical moisture sources in cold season extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean region from a climate change perspective}, journal = {Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences }, volume = {16}, year = {2016}, pages = {269-285}, url = {https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-269-2016}, author = {S.O. 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Scoccimarro and J.I Yano} } @article {631, title = {Reworked Coccoliths as runoff proxy for the last 400years: The case of Gaeta Gulf (central Tyrrhenian Sea, Central Italy)}, journal = {Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology}, volume = {459}, year = {2016}, month = {Jan-10-2016}, pages = {15 - 28}, issn = {00310182}, doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.06.037}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018216302309http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0031018216302309?httpAccept=text/xmlhttp://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0031018216302309?httpAccept=text/plain}, author = {Bonomo, S. and Cascella, A. and Alberico, I. and Sorgato, S. and Pelosi, N. and Ferraro, L. and Lirer, F. and Vallefuoco, M. and Bellucci, L. and Agnini, C. and Pappone, G.} } @article {647, title = {Taking Advantage of the ESA G-POD Service to Study Ground Deformation Processes in High Mountain Areas: A Valle d{\textquoteright}Aosta Case Study, Northern Italy}, journal = {Remote Sensing}, volume = {8, 852;}, year = {2016}, month = {10/2016}, keywords = {DInSAR, GPOD-SBAS, ground surface deformation, high mountain regions}, issn = {ISSN 2072-4292}, doi = {10.3390/rs8100852}, author = {Cignetti, Martina and Manconi, Andrea and Manunta, Michele and Giordan, Daniele and De Luca, Claudio and Allasia, Paolo and Ardizzone, Francesca} } @article {627, title = {Ecological changes and human interaction in Valcamonica, the rock art valley, since the Last Deglaciation}, journal = {Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary}, volume = {29}, year = {2015}, chapter = {19-34}, url = {http://amq.aiqua.it/en/issues/directory/items/view/ecological-changes-and-human-interactionin-valcamonica-the-rock-art-valley-since-the-last-deglaciation}, author = {Pini, Roberta and Ravazzi, Cesare and Aceti, Amelia and Castellano, Lorenzo and Perego, Renata and Quirino, Tommaso and Vall{\'e}, Francesca} } @article {626, title = {Geographic patterns of predator niche breadth and prey species richness}, journal = {Ecological Research}, year = {2015}, month = {Jul-11-2015}, issn = {0912-3814}, doi = {10.1007/s11284-015-1319-6}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11284-015-1319-6http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11284-015-1319-6}, author = {Milana, Giuliano and Lai, Manuela and Maiorano, Luigi and Luiselli, Luca and Amori, Giovanni} } @article {444, title = {Blocking view of the stratosphere-troposphere coupling}, journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres}, volume = {119(19)}, year = {2014}, month = {Jan-07-2014}, pages = {11100-11115}, doi = {10.1002/2014JD021703}, url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/2014JD021703}, author = {Davini, P. and Cagnazzo, C. and Anstey, J. 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1999}, issn = {0033-4553}, doi = {10.1007/s00024-012-0630-1}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00024-012-0630-1http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00024-012-0630-1}, author = {Cristofanelli, P. and di Carlo, P. and Altorio, {\textquoteright}. and Dari Salisburgo, C. and Tuccella, P. and Biancofiore, F. and Stocchi, P. and Verza, G. 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Cimone GAW-WMO global station (Italy, 2165 m a.s.l.)}, journal = {Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics}, volume = {13}, year = {2013}, month = {Jan-01-2013}, pages = {15 - 30}, doi = {10.5194/acp-13-15-201310.5194/acp-13-15-2013-supplement}, url = {http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/15/2013/http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/15/2013/acp-13-15-2013.pdfhttp://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/15/2013/acp-13-15-2013-supplement.pdf}, author = {Cristofanelli, P. and Fierli, F. and Marinoni, A. and Calzolari, F. and Duchi, R. and Burkhart, J. and Stohl, A. and Maione, M. and Arduini, J. and Bonasoni, P.} } @article {364, title = {Mediterranean Sea large-scale low-frequency ocean variability and water mass formation rates from 1987 to 2007: A retrospective analysis}, journal = {Progress in Oceanography}, year = {2013}, month = {Jan-12-2013}, issn = {00796611}, doi = {10.1016/j.pocean.2013.11.003}, url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S007966111300222X}, author = {Pinardi, Nadia and Zavatarelli, Marco and Adani, Mario and Coppini, Giovanni and Fratianni, Claudia and Oddo, Paolo and Simoncelli, Simona and Tonani, Marina and Lyubartsev, Vladislav and Dobricic, Srdjan and Bonaduce, Antonio} } @article {193, title = {Atmospheric Pollution in the Hindu Kush{\textendash}Himalaya Region}, journal = {Mountain Research and Development}, volume = {32(4)}, year = {2012}, pages = {468-479}, abstract = {This paper presents a detailed review of atmospheric pollution observed in the Hindu Kush{\textendash}Himalaya (HKH) region and its implications for regional climate. Data from in situ measurements made at high-altitude stations in the HKH region, observations from satellite-based instruments, and global climate modeling study results are discussed. Experimental observations discussed include both atmospheric measurements and data from snow and ice core sampling from different glaciers in the HKH region. The paper focuses on the atmospheric brown cloud loadings over the Himalayas, particularly black carbon (BC) and ozone, which have links to regional climate and air-pollution{\textendash}related impacts. Studies show elevated levels of anthropogenic ozone and BC over the Himalayas during the pre-monsoon season with concentrations sometimes similar to those observed over an average urban environment. The elevated concentration observed over the Himalayas is thought to come from the lowlands, especially the highly populated areas of the Indo-Gangetic Plains. The implications of high BC loading in the Himalayan atmosphere as well as elevated BC deposition on snow and ice surfaces for regional climate, hydrological cycle, and glacial melt are discussed.}, keywords = {air pollution, Black carbon, brown cloud, climate change, Hindu Kush{\textendash}Himalaya, ozone}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00066.1}, url = {http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00066.1}, author = {Bonasoni, P. and Cristofanelli, P and Marinoni, A. and Vuillermoz, E. and Adhikary, B.} }