Evaluation of a coupled regional reanalysis for the Mediterranean region covering the period 1993–2024

Storto, Andrea; de Toma, Vincenzo; Yang, Chunxue

doi:10.5194/os-22-2809-2026

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14 Sep 2026

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Evaluation of a coupled regional reanalysis for the Mediterranean region covering the period 1993–2024

Andrea Storto, Vincenzo de Toma, and Chunxue Yang

Data sets

MESMAR-R: A Coupled Regional Reanalysis for the Mediterranean Region Covering the period 1993-2024 (configuration files, monthly mean and daily ocean mean data) Andrea Storto et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22054519

MESMAR-R: A Coupled Regional Reanalysis for the Mediterranean Region Covering the period 1993-2024 (daily min/mean/max for surface atmospheric variables) Andrea Storto et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22229855

MESMAR-R: A Coupled Regional Reanalysis for the Mediterranean Region Covering the period 1993-2024 (daily mean air-sea fluxes and atmospheric diagnostics) Andrea Storto et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22232925

Model code and software

MESMAR~v1: A new regional coupled climate model for downscaling, predictability, and data assimilation studies in the Mediterranean region, Coupled model code (1.0) Andrea Storto et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7898938

The hydrological discharge model (HD~model, version 5.1) - description and technical documentation S. Hagemann et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707587

wrf-model WRF https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF

The Hydrological Discharge Model - a river runoff component for offline and coupled model applications (5.1.0) S. Hagemann and H. T. M. Ho-Hagemann https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707587

Short summary

The Mediterranean region is one of the fastest-warming areas on Earth, and understanding its changes is thus crucial. We produced a new reconstruction of the Mediterranean climate for the 1993–2024 period, using a modelling system that combines weather, ocean, and hydrology information with observations. This new reanalysis offers a clearer picture of how the region has been warming, drying, and changing over the past 30 years, supporting better studies of extreme events and climate impacts.