The Mediterranean region is a ‘global warming hotspot’, experiencing enhanced warming and drying, as well as changes in the properties of extreme weather events associated with global warming. Improved understanding of climate change in the Mediterranean, as a basis for informed adaptation efforts, is therefore imperative.
Med World is a multi-institutional inter-disciplinary Consortium of researchers from academic and research institutions throughout Israel, aiming to collaboratively address key scientific challenges in Mediterranean climate, and train the next generation of climate scientists in state-of-the-art observational and modeling tools.
Key Med World research projects include:
- Regional simulations using a grid-refined ICON-ESM model in the Mediterranean region
- Evaluation of the economical impact of extreme weather events in the Eastern Mediterranean
- Observations and modeling of sea-breeze in the Eastern Mediterranean
- Understanding Mediterranean weather events across scales
- Understanding the carbon cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
- Understanding deep water formation in the Mediterranean
- Understanding the effects of aerosols on weather systems in the Mediterranean
- Understanding why the Eastern Mediterranean is a global warming hotspot
- Modulation of air-sea fluxes by mesoscale sea circulation
- Observational campaigns using: sea gliders, atmospheric soundings, hail measurements, air-sea fluxes, and remote-sensing radar.
