WORKING PAPERS

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  1. James C. Bathurst. Report on visit to the Jornada Del Muerto Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, 1 to 5 February 1993, September 1993 (7 pp).
  2. Joao Corte-Real, Xuebin Zhang and Xialan Wang. Large-scale circulation regimes and surface climate anomalies over MEDALUS area, November 1993 (34 pp).
  3. Angelo Aru. The problem of heavy metals pollution in mining areas of Sardinia. Preliminary findings., November 1993 (10 pp).
  4. Piermaria Corona and Agostino Ferrara. Study of the spatial relationships in forested areas of Central Italy, November 1993, (12 pp).
  5. J.P. Palutikof. Observed and modelled climatic data for the MEDALUS study areas available November 1993, November 1993 (13 pp).
  6. A. Aru, R. Puddu, D. Tomasi, D. Usai, A. Vacca and G. Pinna. Experimental plots at Is Olias (Rio S. Lucia catchment area). Some data and results of MEDALUS I and MEDALUS II (first year)., November 1993 (70 pp).
  7. Luigi Mariani. Climatological study of the experimental area of the Pescara valley with particular reference to Cigno and Piomba Basins (extended version of the Second MEDALUS II Interim Report), November 1993 (34 pp).
  8. Michele Conte and Roberto Sorani. Some severe drought events in the central Mediterranean (extended version of the Second MEDALUS II Interim Report), November 1993 (68 pp).
  9. Claudio Conese, Tiziana de Filippis, Fabio Maselli, Maurizio Romani, Alessandra Rodolfi and Maria Antonietta Falchi. Cigno stream, hydrologic preliminary study (Appendix to the Second MEDALUS II Interim Report), November 1993 (24 pp).
  10. G. Bacci, F. Meneguzzo, N. Musetti and M. Niccolai. Comparison of precipitation patterns forecast by the general circulation model operating at Offenbach German Center with data collected by a raingauges network (Appendix A to the Second MEDALUS II Interim Report), November 1993 (7 pp).
  11. G. Frustaci, G. Bacci, F. Meneguzzo, A. Pellegrini, G. Clerici and S. Giarola. Using a diagnostic numerical model in Antarctic mesoscale analysis: some case studies (Appendix B to the Second MEDALUS II Interim Report), November 1993 (5 pp).
  12. A. T. Grove. Erosion in the historic past, climate or man-made, March 1994, (25 pp).
  13. C. Conese et al. List of data available to date from the Abruzzo Group, for exchange with all MEDALUS members, March 1994, (20 pp).
  14. L. D. Incoll et al. Plant ecophysiology group, extended Second Interim Report on work with desertification response units, November 1993, (9 pp).
  15. L.D. Incoll et al. Plant ecophysiology group, extended Third Interim Report on work with desertification response units, May 1994, (9pp).
  16. J. Casimiro Mendes and F. Espirito Santo. Climatic variability of precipitation in the western Iberian peninsula, May 1994, (9 pp).
  17. P. Mairota and N. Geeson [Eds]. Proceedings of the Workshop on: EC Policy Strategies for land use in the Mediterranean countries, May 1994, (84 pp).
  18. E. Koutsidou. C. Giourga, A. Loumou and N.S. Margaris. Vegetation recovery in grazing exclosures in Greece, May 1994, (11 pp).
  19. L. Mariani, V. Menichini and G.P. Minardi. Frequency of weather types and climatic risk of extreme rainfall and thermal events, May 1994, (18 pp).
  20. G. Vernazza. Neural-network techniques for the classification of remote-sensing images, May 1994, (45 pp).
  21. P. Pellegretti, G. Vernazza, C. Conese, F. Maselli, A. Rodolfi and L. Petkov. Classification of agro-forest areas in central Italy by the integrated use of multi-spectral, textural and ancillary data, May 1994, (17 pp).
  22. F. Meneguzzo, L. Petkov and M. Niccolai. Statistical-meteorological applications to soil conservation and land use policies: spatial objective analyses of wind fields and rainfall-drought time series analyses. May 1994, (20 pp).
  23. G. Pulina, G. Masala, A. Zandra and G. Enne. Analysis of biomass balance and stocking rate in cattle and sheep production systems in Mediterranean areas, May 1994, (11 pp).
  24. J. Corte-Real. X. Wang and X. Zhang. Modes of variability of the northern hemisphere's mid-tropospheric large-scale circulation, May 1994, (31 pp).
  25. J. Corte-Real. X. Wang and X. Zhang. Large-scale circulation regimes and surface climatic anomalies over the Mediterranean, May 1994, (28 pp).
  26. M. Conte, S. Sorani and S. Velletri. Heat waves in the central Mediterranean, May 1994, (27 pp).
  27. P. Battista, F. Benincasa, P. Duce and A. Materassi. Design and construction of a microprocessor impactometer, May 1994, (12 pp).
  28. C.S. Kosmas, N.G. Danalatos, N.C. Moustakas and N. Yassoglou. Effect of parent material and land use on soil erosion rates under Mediterranean conditions, May 1994, (13 pp).
  29. N.C. Moustakas, C.S. Kosmas, N.G. Danalatos, and N. Yassoglou. The effect of rock fragments on soil properties and erosion under field conditions, May 1994, (14 pp).
  30. N.G. Danalatos, C.S. Kosmas, N.C. Moustakas, and N. Yassoglou. The impact of rock fragments on soil physical properties and biomass production under Mediterranean conditions, May 1994, (13 pp).
  31. A. Aru, G. Brundu, I. Camarda, A. Kahnamoei, B. Maddeddu, M. Roxo, R. Puddu, V. Satta and A. Vacca. Assessment and management criteria of desertification in selected Mediterranean areas, May 1994, (20 pp).
  32. C. D. Tavares and I. M. F. Gomes. Vegetation monitoring and land use mapping with NOAA-AVHRR, May 1994, (11 pp).
  33. C.M. Goodess and J.P. Palutikof. Regional scenarios of climate change: changes in the precipitation regime of the Guadalentín Basin, May 1994, (10 pp).
  34. M. Niccolai, L. Petkov and P. Vignaroli. Socio-economoc aspects of the coastal zone of the Abruzzo region - MEDALUS II., May 1994, (25 pp).
  35. J. Diamantopoulos, E.M. Papatheodorou, J.D. Pantis and G.P. Stamou. Assessment of the effect of grazing on nutrient concentration in the different parts of the Quercus coccifera shrublands, September 1994, (8 pp).
  36. A. Dalaka, E.M. Papatheodorou, T. Lanaras, J.D. Pantis, C.M. Cook. G.P. Stamou, J. Diamantopoulos and S.P. Sgardelis. Photosysnthesis in a Quercus coccifera stand on Mt. Hortiatis, Northern Greece, September 1994, (6 pp).
  37. E.M. Papatheodorou, A. Dalaka, J. Diamantopoulos, C.M. Cook, S.P. Sgardelis. G.P. Stamou, J.D. Pantis and T. Lanaras. The effect of grazing on some photosynthetic parameters of Quercus coccifera, September 1994, (6 pp).
  38. G.P. Stamou, Th.A. Mardiris, J.D. pantis and J. Diamantopoulos. Effects of common management practices on Greek maquis ecosystems, September 1994, (13 pp).
  39. M.D. Argyropoulo and S.P. Paraskevopoulos. Desertification in Thessaly (Central Greece): a socio-economic perspective, September 1994, (6 pp).
  40. J.N. Quinton, G.M. Edwards and R.P.C. Morgan. Influence of some vegetation characteristics on runoff generation and sediment production in semi-arid S.E. Spain, September 1994, (10 pp).
  41. S.J.Hurcom, A.R. Harrison and M.Taberner. Mapping semi-arid vegetation at the regional scale using satellite data, September 1994, (29 pp).
  42. A. Burton and J. Bathurst. Modelling shallow landslide erosion and sediment yield at the basin scale, September 1994, (15 pp).
  43. S.J.Hurcom, A.R. Harrison and M.Taberner. Assessment of biophysical vegetation properties through spectral decomposition techniques, October 1994, (27 pp).
  44. L.D. Incoll, S.C. Clark, F.I. Pugnaire, P. Haase. O.D. Salinas, E.M. Fernández and R. Bevan. Plant Ecophysiology Group, report to the fourth MEDALUS II group meeting in Almeria, November 1994, (12 pp).
  45. F. Basso, L. Postiglione and C. Ruggiero, Soil tillage methods for a sustainable agriculture. Experimental results in the hilly area of southern Italy: Agri Basin, February 1995, (37 pp).
  46. L. Mariani, V. Menichini, G.P. Minardi. The climate of the Abruzzo area in the 1993-1994 period, February 1995, (71 pp).
  47. S. Ferroni and G.P. Minardi. Automated weather types classification by means of neural networks, February 1995, (14 pp).
  48. R. Sorani, M. Conte and S. Velletri. Blocking systems in the Euroatlantic region and extreme events in the Mediterranean area, February 1995, (55 pp).
  49. E. Koutsidou, Ph. Xatzltheodoridis and N.S. Margaris. Shepherds and overgrazing by their livestock: fires and desertification on Chios island, Greece: a cost-effective economic analysis, February 1995, (19 pp).
  50. Ce.S.I.A., Firenze, Italia. The soil in the Piomba and Cigno river Basin, February 1995, (29 pp).
  51. M. Crespi, S. Lessi, C. Aliventi and M.A. Campanile. A soil water balance simulation model, February 1995, (37 pp).
  52. José Martínez-Fernandez, Julia Martínez-Fernandez, F. López-Bermúdez, M. Romero-Diaz and F. Belmonte-Serrato. Evolution of vegetation and pedological characteristics in fields with different age of abandonment, February 1995, (21 pp).
  53. X. Zhang, J. Corte-Real and X. Wang. Low-frequency oscillations in the northern hemisphere, February 1995, (16 pp).
  54. J. Corte-Real, X. Zhang and X. Wang. Downscaling GCM information to regional scale: a non-parametric multivariate regression approach, February 1995, (17 pp)
  55. R.M. Trigo and C.C. Dacamara. Long-term variability of circulation weather types affecting Portugal, February 1995, (16 pp).
  56. D. Lóczy, L. Szalai and J. Szalay. A sand region in Hungary particularly sensitive to environmental change, February 1995, (13 pp).
  57. J. Szalay and D. Lóczy. Some trends in groundwater level changes on the Danube-Tisza interfluvial region, Hungary, February 1995, (14 pp).
  58. I. Matyasovszky. Temperature and precipitation trends in the Hungarian great plain during the present century, February 1995, (19 pp).
  59. L. Chiarantini, P. Coppo and S. Gagliani. Soil surface roughness measurements and analysis. July 1995, (4 pp).
  60. L. Chiarantini, G. Luzi and S. Gagliani. Measurement of the soil dielectric constant and moisture content by means of a portable microwave probe. July 1995, (3 pp).
  61. L. Chiarantini, P. Coppo, S. Gagliani and G. Luzi. Contributions of microwave remote sensing for soil changes monitoring. July 1995, (4 pp).
  62. P. Mairota. Legislation abolishing feudalism and its consequences on landownership structure in southern Italy. July 1995, (12 pp).
  63. P. Mairota. EC policy structures and socio-economic aspects of desertification. First contribution, the MEDALUS II regions and common policies. July 1995.
  64. A. Santini, N. Romano, G. Ciollero and V. Comegna. Effect of tillage practices on soil hydraulic properties as determined by different laboratory methods. July 1995, (26 pp).
  65. A. Kertész. Aridification in a region adjacent to the Mediterranean: objectives and outline of a scientific programme. July 1995, (12 pp).
  66. D. Loczy and L. Szalai. Climatic change and land capability in a sand region of Hungary. July 1995, (8 pp).
  67. K. Molnar. Temperature and precipitation trends for Hungary. July 1995, (42 pp).
  68. S. Papp. Changes in the soil-vegetation relationship at Fulophaza, Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary. July 1995, (10 pp).
  69. A. Kertész. Soil erosion in Lake Balaton catchment. July 1995, (13 pp).
  70. F. Basso, A. Bellotti, F. De Natale, A. Ferrara and M. Pisante. Analysis of the degradation risk of soils in the Basilicata region farming areas: a methodoligical approach. December 1996, (13 pp).
  71. E. Bove. Socio-economic and political aspects of Agri Basin desertification. December 1996, (23 pp).
  72. C. Kosmas, N. Yassoglou, H. Briasouli, N. Danalatos, S. Gerontidis and B. Dalakou. Lesvos - a review of the geography. December 1996, (20 pp).
  73. G. Bergkamp, M.M. Bakker, L.K.A. Dorren, H. Dorren, H. Looijen, and J. De Vente. Soil and water conservation in the Alentejo region (Portugal). April 1997, (90 pp).
  74. A. Ferrara and M. Taberner. A computer program for extracting spatial information from landsat TM images. May 1997, (20 pp).

 

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