CITATION STATISTICS (Based on the ISI)

Included in the ISI Highly Cited Researcher list for Geosciences (top 0.5% of the most highly cited scientists in Geosciences during the previous 20 years)

Over 6900 citations (over 3800 from first authored articles)

H-Index = 45

15 Scientific Publications with 100 or more citations (9 first authored)

37 Scientific Publications with 50 or more citations (23 first authored)

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Giorgi, F. , and W.L. Chameides, 1985: The rainout parameterization in a photochemical model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 90, 7872-7880.

2. Giorgi, F. , 1986: A particle dry deposition parameterization scheme for use in tracer transport models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91, 9794-9806.

3. Giorgi, F. , and W.L. Chameides, 1986: Rainout lifetimes of highly soluble aerosols and gases as inferred from simulations with a general circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 91, 14,367-14,376.

4. Giorgi, F. , 1988: Dry deposition velocities of atmospheric aerosols as inferred by applying a particle dry deposition parameterization to a general circulation model. Tellus B, 40B, 23-41.

5. Giorgi, F. , 1989: Two-dimensional simulations of possible mesoscale effects of nuclear war fires. I: Model description. Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, 1127-1144.

6. Giorgi, F. , and G. Visconti, 1989: Two-dimensional simulations of possible mesoscale effects of nuclear war fires. II: Model Results. Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, 1145-1163.

7. Dickinson, R.E., R.M. Errico, F. Giorgi, and G.T. Bates, 1989: A regional climate model for the western United States. Climatic Change, 15, 383-422.

8. Giorgi, F. , and G.T. Bates, 1989: The climatological skill of a regional model over complex terrain.

Monthly Weather Review, 117, 2325-2347.

9. Giorgi, F. , 1990: Sensitivity of wintertime precipitation and soil hydrology simulation over the western United States to lower boundary specifications. Atmosphere-Ocean, 28, 1-23.

10. Giorgi, F. , 1990: Simulation of regional climate using a limited area model nested in a general circulation model. Journal of Climate, 3, 941-963.

11. Giorgi, F. , M.R. Marinucci, and G. Visconti, 1990: Use of a limited area model nested in a general circulation model for regional climate simulation over Europe. Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 18,413-18,431.

12. Pitman, A.J., F. Giorgi, and A. Henderson-Sellers, 1991: Southeast Australia’s wintertime precipitation: Sensitivity of climatic predictions to model resolution. Australian Meteorology Magazine, 39, 21-35.

13. Giorgi, F. , and L.O. Mearns, 1991: Approaches to regional climate change simulation: A review.

Reviews of Geophysics, 29, 191-216.

14. Giorgi, F. , 1991: Sensitivity of summertime precipitation over the western United States to model physics parameterizations. Monthly Weather Review, 119, 2870-2888.

15. Hostetler, S.W., and F. Giorgi, 1991: Use of a regional atmospheric model to simulate lake-atmosphere feedbacks associated with Pleistocene Lakes Lahontan and Bonneville. Climate Dynamics, 7, 39-44.

16. Giorgi, F. , and M.R. Marinucci, 1991: Validation of a regional atmospheric model over Europe: Sensitivity of wintertime and summertime simulations to selected physics parameterizations and lower boundary conditions. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 117, 1171-1207.

17. Marinucci, M.R., and F. Giorgi, 1992: A 2XCO2 climate change scenario over Europe generated using a limited area model nested in a general circulation model I: Present day climate simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 9989-10009.

18. Giorgi, F. , M.R. Marinucci, and G. Visconti, 1992: A 2XCO2 climate change scenario over Europe generated using a limited area model nested in a general circulation model II: Climate change scenario. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 10011-10028.

19. Giorgi, F. , G.T. Bates, and S.J. Nieman, 1992: Simulation of the arid climate of the southern Great Basin using a regional climate model. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 73, 1807-1822.

20. Giorgi, F. , G.T. Bates, and S. Nieman, 1993: The multi-year surface climatology of a regional atmospheric model over the western United States. Journal of Climate, 6, 75-95.

21. Ferretti, R., G. Visconti and F. Giorgi, 1993: Chemistry and transport of sulphur compounds from large oil fires studied with a 2-D mesoscale model. Annales Geophysicae, 11, 68-77.

22. Bates, G.T., F. Giorgi and S.W. Hostetler, 1993: Towards the simulation of the effects of the Great Lakes on regional climate .Monthly Weather Review, 121, 1373-1387.

23. Hostetler, S.W., G.T. Bates, and F. Giorgi, 1993: Interactive nesting of a lake thermal model within a regional climate model for climate change studies. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 5045-5057.

24. Giorgi, F. , M.R. Marinucci, and G.T. Bates, 1993: Development of a second generation regional climate model (REGCM2). Part I: Boundary layer and radiative transfer processes. Monthly Weather Review, 121, 2794-2813.

25. Giorgi, F. , M.R. Marinucci, G.T. Bates, and G. DeCanio, 1993: Development of a second generation regional climate model (REGCM2). Part II: Convective processes and assimilation of lateral boundary conditions. Monthly Weather Review, 121, 2814-2832.

26. Hostetler, S.W. and F. Giorgi, 1993: One-way coupling of landscape-scale hydrologic models with a regional climate model: An assessment. Water Resources Research, 29, 1685-1695.

27. Giorgi, F. , S.W. Hostetler and C. Shields Brodeur, 1994: Analysis of the surface hydrology in a regional climate model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 120, 161-184.

28. Hostetler, S.W., F. Giorgi, G.T. Bates and P.J. Bartlein, 1994: The role of lake-atmosphere feedbacks in sustaining paleolakes Bonneville and Lahontan 18,000 years ago. Science, 263, 665-668.

29. Giorgi, F. , C. Shields Brodeur, and G.T. Bates, 1994: Regional climate change scenarios over the United States produced with a nested regional climate model. Journal of Climate, 7, 375-399.

30. Semazzi, F. Lin, Y.W. and F. Giorgi, 1994: Effects of SST anomalies on Sahelian climate as simulated with a regional climate model. Geophysical Research Letters, 20, 2897-2900.

31. Verdecchia, M, G. Visconti, F. Giorgi and M.R. Marinucci, 1994: Diurnal temperature range for a double carbon dioxide concentration experiment: Analysis of possible physical mechanisms. Geophysical Research Letters, 21, 1527-1530.

32. Liu, Y., F. Giorgi and W.M. Washington, 1994: Simulation of summer monsoon climate over east Asia with an NCAR regional climate model. Monthly Weather Review, 122, 2331-2348.

33. Seth, A., F. Giorgi and R.E. Dickinson, 1994: Simulating fluxes from heterogeneous land surface: Introducing a vectorized version of the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (VBATS). Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 18651-18667.

34. Beniston, M., M. Rebetez, F. Giorgi and M.R. Marinucci, 1994: An analysis of regional climate change in Switzerland. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 49, 135-139.

35. Giorgi, F. , 1995: Perspectives for regional earth system modeling. Global and Planetary Change, 10, 23-42.

36. Hostetler, S.W. and F. Giorgi, 1995: Effects of 2XCO2 climate on two large lake systems: Pyramid Lake, Nevada, and Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming. Global and Planetary Change, 10, 43-54.

37. Mearns, L.O., F. Giorgi, C. Shields Brodeur and L. McDaniel, 1995: Analysis of the variability of daily precipitation in a nested modeling experiment: comparison with observations and 2XCO2 results. Global and Planetary Change, 10, 55-78.

38. Bates, G.T., S.W. Hostetler, and F. Giorgi, 1995: Two-year simulation of the great lakes region with a coupled modeling system. Monthly Weather Review, 121, 1373-1387.

39. Mearns L.O., F. Giorgi, L. McDaniel and C. Shields Brodeur, 1995: Analysis of daily variability and diurnal range of temperature in a nested regional climate model: Comparison with observations and doubled CO2 results.. Climate Dynamics, 11, 193-209 .

40. Famiglietti, J.S., B.H. Braswell and F. Giorgi, 1995: Process controls and similarity in the U.S. continental-scale hydrological cycle from EOF analysis of regional climate model simulations. Hydrological Processes, 9, 437-444.

41. Marinucci, M.R., F. Giorgi, M. Beniston, M. Wild, P. Tschuck, A. Ohmura and A. Bernasconi, 1995: High resolution simulations of January and July climate over the western alpine region with a nested regional modeling system. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 51, 119-138.

42. Hirakuchi, H., and F. Giorgi, 1995: Multi-year present day and 2XCO2 simulations of monsoon-dominated climate over eastern Asia and Japan with a regional climate model nested in a general circulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 21,105-21,126.

43. Giorgi, F. , and M.R. Marinucci, 1996: An investigation of the sensitivity of simulated precipitation to model resolution and its implications for climate studies. Monthly Weather Review, 124, 148-166.

44. Giorgi, F. and M.R. Marinucci, 1996: Improvements in the simulation of the surface climatology of the European region with a nested modeling system. Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 273-276.

45. Semazzi, F.H.M, L. Sun and F. Giorgi, 1996: Lake Victoria plays a role in modulating regional climate. IDEAL Bulletin, Spring 1996, P4.

46. Seth, A., and F. Giorgi, 1996: A three-dimensional model study of organized mesoscale circulations induced by vegetation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 7371-7392.

47. Giorgi, F. , L.O. Mearns, C. Shields and L. Meyer, 1996: A regional model study of the importance of local vs. remote controls in maintaining the drought 1988 and flood 1993 conditions in the central U.S. Journal of Climate, 9, 1150-1162.

48. Kattenberg, G.A., F. Giorgi, H. Grassl, G.A. Meehl, J.F.B. Mitchell, R. Stouffer, T. Tokioka, A. Weaver, and T. Wigley, 1996: Climate Models - Projections of Future Climate. Chapter 6 of Climate Change 1995; The Science of Climate Change, Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Edited by J.T. Houghton, L.G. Meira Filho, B.A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg and K. Maskell, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 285-357.

49. Giorgi, F. , J. W. Hurrell, M.R. Marinucci and M. Beniston, 1997: Elevation signal in surface climate change: A model study. Journal of Climate, 10, 288-296.

50. Liu, Y.Q., R. Avissar, and F. Giorgi, 1997: Simulation with the regional climate model RegCM2 of extremely anomalous precipitation during the 1991 East-Asia flood: An evaluation study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 26,199-26,215.

51. Giorgi, F. , 1997: An approach for the representation of surface heterogeneity in land-surface models. I: Theoretical framework. Monthly Weather Review, 125, 1885-1899.

52. Giorgi, F. , 1997: An approach for the representation of surface heterogeneity in land-surface models. I: Validation and sensitivity experiments. Monthly Weather Review, 125, 1900-1919.

53. Giorgi, F. , and R. Avissar, 1997: The representation of heterogeneity effects in earth system modeling: Experience from land surface modeling. Reviews of Geophysics, 35, 413-438.

54. Giorgi, F. , G.A. Meehl, Kattenberg, H. Grassl, J.F.B. Mitchell, R.Stouffer, T. Tokioka, A. Weaver, and T. Wigley, 1997: Simulation of regional climate change with global coupled climate models and regional modeling techniques. In The Regional Impacts of Climate Change - An Assessment of Vulnerability. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Edited by R.T.Watson, M.G. Zinyowera, R.H. Moss, D.J. Dokken Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 427-437.

55. Kittel, T.G.F., F. Giorgi and G.A. Meehl, 1998: Intercomparison of regional biases and doubled CO2 sensitivity of coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model experiments. Climate Dynamics, 14, 1-15.

56. Seth A. and F. Giorgi, 1998: The effect of domain choice on summer precipitation simulation and sensitivity in a regional climate model. Journal of Climate, 11, 2698-2712.

57. Giorgi, F. , L.O. Mearns, C. Shields, and L. McDaniel, 1998: Regional nested model simulations of present day and 2XCO2 climate over the Central Plains of the U.S. Climatic Change, 40, 457-493.

58. Giorgi, F. and C. Shields, 1999: Tests of precipitation parameterizations available in the latest version of the NCAR regional climate model (RegCM) over the continental United States. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6353-6375.

59. Small, E.E., F. Giorgi, and L.C. Sloan, 1999: Regional climate model simulation of precipitation in central Asia: Mean and interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6563-6582.

60. Small, E.E., L.C. Sloan, S. Hostetler and F. Giorgi, 1999: Simulating the water balance of the Aral Sea with a coupled regional climate-lake model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6583-6602.

61. Sun, L., F.H.M. Semazzi, F. Giorgi, and L. Ogallo, 1999: Application of the NCAR regional climate model to eastern Africa. Part I: Simulation of the short rains of 1988. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6529-6548.

62. Sun, L., F.H.M. Semazzi, F. Giorgi, and L. Ogallo, 1999: Application of the NCAR regional climate model to eastern Africa. Part II: Simulation of interannual variability of short rains. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6549-6562.

63. Giorgi, F. , and L.O. Mearns, 1999: Introduction to special section: Regional climate modeling revisited. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6335-6352.

64. Mearns, L. O., I. Bogardi, F. Giorgi, I. Matyasovszky, and M. Pilecki, 1999: Comparison of Climate Change Scenarios Generated from Regional Climate Model Experiments and Statistical Downscaling. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6603-6621.

65. Qian, Y. and F. Giorgi, 1999: Interactive coupling of regional climate and sulfate aerosol models over eastern Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6477-6499.

66. Qian, J.-H., F. Giorgi, and M. Fox-Rabinowitz, 1999: Regional stretched grid generation and its application to the NCAR RegCM. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6501-6513.

67. Kato, H., H. Hirakuchi, K. Nishizawa and F. Giorgi, 1999: The performance of NCAR RegCM in the simulation of June and January climates over eastern Asia and the high resolution effect of the model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6455-6476.

68. Dai, A., F. Giorgi and K. Trenberth, 1999: Observed and model simulated diurnal cycles of precipitation over the contiguous United States. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6377-6402.

69. Giorgi, F. , Y. Huang, K. Nishizawa and C. Fu, 1999: A seasonal cycle simulation over eastern Asia and its sensitivity to radiative transfer and surface processes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6403-6423.

70. Chameides, W.C., L. Xingsheng, T. Xiaoyan, Z. Xiuji, L. Chao, C.S. Kiang, J.St. John, R. Saylor, S.C. Liu, K.S. Lam, T. Wang, F. Giorgi, 1999: Is Ozone Pollution Affecting Crop Yields in China?. Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 867-870.

71. Takle, E.S., W. J. Gutowski, R.W. Arritt, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R.R. da Silva, D. Caya, S.-C.Chen, F. Giorgi, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, G.E. Liston, P. Lopez, J. McGregor, R.A. Pielke, J.O. Roads, 1999: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Description and Initial Results. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 19,443-19,461.

72. Chameides, W.L., S.C. Liu, Yu Hongbin, M. Bergin, Zhou Xiuji, L.O. Mearns, Wei Gao, C.S. Kiang, R.D. Saylor, Luo Chao, Yan Huang, A. Steiner, F. Giorgi, 1999: A case study of the effects of atmospheric aerosols and regional haze on agriculture: An opportunity to enhance crop yelds in China through emission controls? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96, 13,626-13,633.

73. Giorgi, F. and R. Francisco, 2000: Uncertainties in regional climate change prediction: A regional analysis of ensemble simulations with the HADCM2 coupled AOGCM. Climate Dynamics, 16, 169-182.

74. Giorgi, F. and R. Francisco, 2000: Evaluating uncertainties in the prediction of regional climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 1295-1298.

75. Qian, Y. and F. Giorgi, 2000: Regional climatic effects of anthropogenic aerosols? The case of Southwestern China. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 3521-3524.

76. Giorgi, F. and X. Bi, 2000: A study of internal variability of a regional climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 29503-29521.

77. Gutowski, W., R. Arritt, E. Takle, Z. Pan, F. Giorgi, J. Christensen, S. Hong, W. Lapenta, G.

Liston, J. McGregor and J. Roads, 2000: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS):

Advancing the CLIVAR agenda. CLIVAR Exchanges, 5, 13-15.

78. Small, E.E, F. Giorgi, L. Cirbus Sloan and S. Hostetler, 2001: The effects of desiccation and climatic change on the hydrology of the Aral Sea. Journal of Climate, 14, 300-322.

79. Kato, H., K. Nishizawa, H. Hirakuchi, S. Kadokura, N. Oshima and F. Giorgi, 2001: Performance of RegCM2.5/NCAR-CSM nested system for the simulation of climate change in East Asia caused by global warming. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 79, 99-121.

80. Qian, Y., F. Giorgi, Y. Huang, W.L. Chameides and C. Luo, 2001: Simulation of anthropogenic sulfur over East Asia with a regional coupled chemistry-climate model. Tellus B, 53B, 171-191.

81. Giorgi, F. , B. Hewitson, J.H. Christensen, M. Hulme, H. vonStorch,P. Whetton, R. Jones, L.O. Mearns and C. Fu, 2001: Regional Climate Information - Evaluation and Projections. Chapter 10 of Climate Change 2001; The Scientific Basis, Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Edited by J.T. Houghton, Y. Ding, D.J. Griggs, M. Noguer, P.J. van der Linden and D. Xiaoxu, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 583-638.

82. Giorgi, F. , P.W. Whetton, R.G. Jones, J.H. Christensen, L.O. Mearns, B. Hewitson, H. vonStorch, R. Francisco and C. Jack, 2001: Emerging patterns of simulated regional climatic changes for the 21st century due to anthropogenic forcings. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 3317-3320.

83. Gao, X., Z. Zhao, Y. Ding, R. Huang and F. Giorgi, 2001: Climate change due to greenhouse effects in China as simulated by a regional climate model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 18, 1224-1230.

84. Chameides, W.L., C. Luo, R. Saylor, D. Streets, Y. Huang,M. Bergin and F. Giorgi, 2002: Correlation between model-calculated anthropogenic aerosols and satellite-derived cloud optical depths: Indication of indirect effects? Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 4085, doi:10.1029/2000JD000208.

85. Giorgi, F. , 2002: Variability and trends of sub-continental scale surface climate in the twentieth century. Part I: Observations. Climate Dynamics, 18, 675-691.

86. Giorgi, F. , 2002: Variability and trends of sub-continental scale surface climate in the twentieth century. Part II: AOGCM simulations. Climate Dynamics, 18, 693-708.

87. Giorgi, F. , and L.O. Mearns, 2002: Calculation of average, uncertainty range and reliability of regional climate changes from AOGCM simulations via the “Reliability Ensemble Averaging (REA)” method. Journal of Climate, 15, 1141-1158.

88. Gao, X., Z. Zhao, and F. Giorgi, 2002: Changes of extreme events in regional climate simulations over East Asia. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 19, 927-942.

89. Giorgi, F. , X. Bi and Y. Qian, 2002: Direct radiative forcing and regional climatic effects of anthropogenic aerosols over east Asia: A regional coupled climate-chemistry/aerosol model study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 4439, doi:10.1029/2001JD001066.

90. Giorgi, F. , 2002: Dependence of surface climate interannual variability on spatial scale. Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 2101, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016175.

91. Christensen, J.H., T.R. Carter and F. Giorgi, 2002: PRUDENCE employs new methods to assess European climate change. EOS, 83, 147.

92. Leung, L.R., L.O. Mearns, F. Giorgi and R.L. Wilby, 2003: Regional Climate Research: Needs and Opportunities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82, 89-95.

93. Giorgi, F. , R. Francisco and J. Pal, 2003: Effects of a sub-grid scale topography and land-use scheme on surface climate and hydrology. Part I: Effects of temperature and water vapor disaggregation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4, 317-333.

94. Anderson, C.J., R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, W.J. Gutowski, Jr. , R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, D. Luthi, M.A. Gaertner, F. Giorgi, G. Grell, S.-Y. Hong, C. Jones, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W. M. La Penta, R. Laprise, G. Liston, J.L. McGregor, R.A. Pielke, Sr., J.A. Prego, J.O. Roads, J. Taylor, 2003: Hydrologic processes in regional climate model simulations of the Central United States flood of June-July 1993. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4, 584-598.

95. Giorgi, F. , X. Bi and Y. Qian, 2003: Indirect vs. direct effects of anthropogenic sulfate on the climate of east Asia as simulated with a regional coupled climate-chemistry/aerosol model. Climatic Change, 58, 345-376.

96. Giorgi, F. , and L.O. Mearns, 2003: Probability of regional climate change calculated using the Reliability Ensemble Averaging (REA) method. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1629, doi:10.1029/2003GL017130.

97. Gao, X., Y. Luo, W. Lin, Z. Zhao, and F. Giorgi, 2003: Simulation of effects of landuse change on climate in China by a regional climate model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 20, 583-592.

98. Qian, Y., L.R. Leung, S.J. Ghan and F. Giorgi, 2003: Regional climate effects of aerosols over China: Modeling and observations. Tellus B, 55B, 914-934.

99. Mearns, L.O., F. Giorgi, L. McDaniel and C. Shields, 2003: Climate Scenarios for the Southeast U.S. based on GCM and Regional Model Simulations. Climatic Change, 60, 7-35.

100. Tomassetti, B., F. Giorgi, G. Visconti and M. Verdecchia, 2003: Regional model simulation of the hydrometeorological effects of the Fucino Lake on the surrounding region. Annales Geophysicae, 21, 2219-2232.

101. Clark, I., P. Assamoi, J. Bertrand and F. Giorgi, 2004: Characterization of potential zones of dust generation in the southern Sahara. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 77, 173-184.

102. Giorgi, F. , X. Bi and J.S. Pal, 2004: Mean, interannual variability and trends in a regional climate change experiment over Europe. Part I: Present day climate (1961-1990). Climate Dynamics, 22, 733-756.

103. Pal, J.S., F. Giorgi and X. Bi, 2004: Consistency of recent European summer precipitation trends and extremes with future regional climate projections. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L13202, doi:10.1029/2004GL019836.

104. Busuioc, A., M. Ionita, F. Giorgi and X. Bi, 2004: Analysis of dynamical and statistical down-scaling approaches for generating winter precipitation change scenarios over Romania. Romanian Journal of Meteorology, 6, 1-17.

105. Giorgi, F. , X. Bi and J.S. Pal, 2004: Mean, interannual variability and trends in a regional climate change experiment over Europe. Part II: Future climate scenarios (2071-2100). Climate Dynamics, 23, 839-858.

106. Giorgi, F. , 2005: Interdecadal variability of regional climate change: Implications for the development of regional climate change scenarios. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 89, 1-15.

107. Giorgi, F. and X. Bi, 2005: Regional changes in surface climate interannual variability for the 21st century from ensembles of global model simulations. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L13701, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023002.

108. Bojariu, R., and F. Giorgi, 2005: The North Atlantic Oscillation signal in a regional climate simulation for the European region. Tellus A, 57A, 641-653.

109. Steiner, A., J.S. Pal, F. Giorgi, R.E. Dickinson and W.L. Chameides, 2005: Coupling of the Common Land Model (CLM0) to a regional climate model (RegCM2). Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 82, 225-243.

110. Deque, M., R.G. Jones, M. Wild, F. Giorgi, J.H. Christensen, D.C. Hassell, P.L. Vidale, B.

Rockel, D. Jacob, E. Kjellstrom, M. de Castro, F. Kucharski and B. van den Hurk, 2005: Global high resolution versus limited area model climate change scenarios over Europe: quantifying confidence level from PRUDENCE results. Climate Dynamics, 25, 653-670.

111. Diffenbaugh, N.S., J.S. Pal, R.J. Trapp and F. Giorgi, 2005: Fine-scale processes regulate the response of extreme events to global climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102, 15774-15778.

112. Giorgi, F. and X. Bi, 2005: Updated regional precipitation and temperature changes for the

21st century from ensembles of recent AOGCM simulations. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L21715, doi:10.1029/2005GL024288.

113. Giorgi, F. , 2005: Climate change prediction. Climatic Change, 73, 239-265.

114. Coppola, E., F. Kucharski, F. Giorgi and F. Molteni, 2005: Bimodality of the North Atlantic Oscillation in simulations with greenhouse gas forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L23709, doi:10.1029/2005GL024080.

115. Coppola, E. and F. Giorgi, 2005: Climate change in tropical regions from high resolution time slice AGCM experiments. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 131 B, 3123-3146.

116. Gao, X., J.S. Pal and F. Giorgi, 2006: Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation over the Mediterranean region from high resolution double nested RCM simulations. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L03706, doi:10.1029/2005GL024954.

117. Solmon, F., F. Giorgi and C. Liousse, 2006: Development of a regional anthropogenic aerosol model for climate studies: Application and validation over a European/African domain. Tellus B, 58, 51-72.

118. Elguindi, N., and F. Giorgi, 2006: Simulating multi-decadal variability of Caspian Sea level changes using regional climate model outputs.Climate Dynamics, 26, 167-181.

119. Pelino, V., A. Matera, T. Colombo and F. Giorgi, 2006: Validation of precipitation events in a regional climate model simulation using methods from complexity theory.Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 84, 213-218.

120. Elguindi, N. and F. Giorgi, 2006: Projected changes in the Caspian Sea Level for the 21st century. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L08706, doi:10.1029/2006GL025943.

121. Giorgi, F. , 2006: Climate change Hot-Spots. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L08707, doi: 10.1029/2006GL025734.

122. White, M.A., N.S. Diffenbaugh, G.V. Jones, J.S. Pal and F. Giorgi, 2006: Extreme heat reduces and shifts United States premium wine production in the 21stcentury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103, 11217-11222.

123. Jha, M., J.G. Arnold, P.W. Gassman, F. Giorgi and R. Gu, 2006: Climate change sensitivity assessment on upper Mississippi River Basin streamflows using SWAT. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 42, 997-1016.

124. Boroneant, C., G. Plaut, F. Giorgi and X. Bi, 2006: Extreme precipitation over the Maritime Alps and associated weather regimes simulated by a regional climate model: Present day and future climate scenarios. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 86, 81-99.

125. Busuioc, A., F. Giorgi, X. Bi and M. Ionita, 2006: Comparison of regional climate model and statistical downscaling simulations of different winter precipitation change scenarios over Romania. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 86, 101-123.

126. Syed, F., F. Giorgi and J.S. Pal, 2006: Effect of remote forcings on the winter precipitation of central southwest Asia. Part I: Observations Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 86, 147-160.

127. Gao, X., Y. Xu, Z.-C. Zhao, J.S. Pal and F. Giorgi, 2006: On the role of resolution and topography in the simulation of East Asia precipitation. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 86, 173-185.

128. Im, E.-S., E.-H. Park, W.-T. Kwon and F. Giorgi, 2006: Present climate simulation over Korea with a regional climate model using a one-way double-nested system. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 86, 187-200.

129. Francisco, R.V., J. Argete, F. Giorgi, J.S. Pal, X. Bi and W. J. Gutowski, 2006: Regional model simulation of summer rainfall over the Philippines. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 86, 215-227.

130. Giorgi, F. , J.S. Pal, X. Bi, L. Sloan, N. Elguindi and F. Solmon, 2006: Introduction to the TAC Special Issue: The RegCNET network. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 86, 1-4.

131. Zakey, A.S., F. Solmon and F. Giorgi, 2006: Development and testing of a desert dust module in a regional climate model. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 4687-4704.

132. Giorgi, F. , 2006: Regional climate modeling: Status and Perspectives. Journal de Physique, IV, 139, 101-118.

133. Chow, K.C., J.C.L. Chan, J.S. Pal and F. Giorgi, 2006: Convection suppression criteria applied to the MIT cumulus parameterizatoin scheme for simulating the Asian summer monsoon. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L24709, doi:10.1029/2006GL028026.

134. Elguindi, N., and F. Giorgi, 2007: Simulating future Caspian Sea level changes using regional climate model outputs. Climate Dynamics, 28, 365-379.

135. Gao, X., D. Zhang, Z.X. Chen, J.S. Pal and F. Giorgi, 2007: Simulation of land use effects on climate in China by RegCM3. Science in China, Series D - Earth Sciences, 50, 620-628.

136. Deque, M., D.P. Rowell, D. Luthi, F. Giorgi, J.H. Christensen, B. Rockel, D. Jacob, E. Kjellstrom, M. de Castro and B. van den Hurk, 2007: An intercomparison of regional climate simulations for Europe: Assessing uncertainties in model projections. Climatic Change, 81, 53-70.

137. Jacob, D., L. Barring, O.B. Christensen, J.H. Christensen, M. de Castro, M. Deque, F. Giorgi, S. Hagemann, M. Hirschi, R. Jones, E. Kjellstrom, G. Lenderink, B. Rockel, E.S. Sanchez, C. Schar, S.I. Seneviratne, S. Somot, A. van Ulden, B. van den Hurk, 2007: An inter-comparison of regional climate models for Europe: design of the experiments and model performance. Climatic Change, 81, 31-52.

138. Im, E.-S., W.-T.. Kwon, J.-B. Ahn and F. Giorgi, 2007: Multi-decadal scenario simulation over Korea using a RegCM3 one-way double-nested system. Part 1: Recent climate simulation (1971-2000). Climate Dynamics, 28, 759-780.

139. Diffenbaugh, N.S., J.S. Pal, F. Giorgi and X. Gao, 2007: Heat stress intensification in the Mediterranean climate change Hotspot. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L11706, doi:10.1029/2007GL030000.

140. Pal, J.S., F. Giorgi, X. Bi, N. Elguindi, F. Solmon, X. Gao, R. Francisco, A. Zakey, J. Winter, M. Ashfaq, F. Syed, J. Bell, N. Diffenbaugh, J. Karmacharya, A. Konare, D. Martinez-Castro, R. Porfirio da Rocha, L. Sloan and A. Steiner, 2007: Regional climate modeling for the developing world: The ICTP RegCM3 and RegCNET. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88, 1395-1409.

141. Giorgi, F. , and E. Coppola, 2007: European Climate-change Oscillation (ECO). Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21703, doi:10.1029/2007GL031223.

142. Lionello, P., and F. Giorgi, 2007: Winter precipitation and cyclones in the Mediterranean region: Future climate scenarios in a regional simulation. Advances in Geosciences, 12, 153-158.

143. Meleux, F., F. Solmon and F. Giorgi, 2007: Increase in summer European ozone amounts due to climate change. Atmospheric Environment, 41, 7577-7587.

144. Giorgi, F. , and F. Meleux, 2007: Modeling the regional effects of climate change on air quality. Comptes Rendus - Geoscience, 339, 721-733.

145. Grimm, A.M., J.S. Pal and F. Giorgi, 2007: Connection between spring conditions and peak summer monsoon rainfall in South America: Role of soil moisture, surface temperature and topography. in eastern Brazil. Journal of Climate, 20, 5929-5945.

146. Diffenbaugh, N.S., F. Giorgi, L. Raymond and X. Bi, 2007: Indicators of 21st century socioclimatic exposure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104, 20195-20198.

147. Piani, C., B. Sanderson, F. Giorgi, D.J. Frame, C. Christensen and M.R. Allen, 2007: Regional probabilistic climate forecasts from a multi-thousand, multi-model ensemble of simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D24108, doi:10:1019/2007JD008712.

148. Zhang, D.F., L.C. Ouyang, X.J. Gao, F. Giorgi and J.S. Pal, 2007: Simulation of the atmospheric circulation over East Asia and climate in China by RegCM3. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 23, 444-452.

149. Im, E.-S., J.-B. Ahn, W.-T.. Kwon, and F. Giorgi, 2008: Multi-decadal scenario simulation over Korea using a RegCM3 one-way double-nested system. Part 2: Future climate projection (2021-2050). Climate Dynamics, 30, 239-254.

150. Giorgi, F. , 2008: A simple equation for regional climate change and associated uncertainties. Journal of Climate, 21, 1589-1604.

151. Lionello, P., U. Boldrin and F. Giorgi, 2008: Cyclone climatology over Europe from a regional climate change simulation. Climate Dynamics, 30, 657-671.

152. Giorgi, F. , 2008: Regionalization of climate change information for impact assessment and adaptation. WMO Bulletin, 57, 86-92.

153. Giorgi, F. and N.S. Diffenbaugh, 2008: Developing regional climate change scenarios for use in assessment of human health and disease impacts. Climate Research, 36, 141-151.

154. Gao, X., and F. Giorgi, 2008: Increased aridity in the Mediterranean region under greenhouse gas forcing estimated from high resolution regional climate projections. Global and Planetary Change, 62, 195-209.

155. Konare, A., A.S. Zakey, F. Solmon, F. Giorgi, S. Rauscher, S. Ibrah and X. Bi, 2008: A regional climate modeling study of the effect of desert dust on the West African monsoon. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D12206, doi:10.1029/2007JD009322.

156. Im E.-S., W.J. Gutowski and F. Giorgi, 2008: Consistent changes in twenty-first century daily precipitation from regional climate simulations over Korea using multiple convection parameterizations. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L14706, doi:10.1029/2008GL034126.

157. Zakey, A.S., F. Giorgi and X. Bi, 2008: Modeling of sea-salt in a regional climate model: Fluxes and radiative forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D14221, doi:10.1029/2007JD009209.

158. Gao, X., Y. Shi, R. Song and F. Giorgi, Y. Wang, D. Zhang, 2008: Reduction of future monsoon precipitation over China: Comparison between a high resolution RCM simulation and the driving GCM. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 100, 73-86.

159. Diffenbaugh, N.S., F. Giorgi and J.S. Pal, 2008: Climate change hotspots in the United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L16709, doi:10.1029/2008GL035075.

160. Rauscher, S.A., F. Giorgi, N.S. Diffenbaugh and A. Seth, 2008: Extension and intensification of the meso-American mid-summer drought in the 21st Century. Climate Dynamics, 31, 551-571.

161. Giorgi, F. , and P. Lionello, 2008: Climate change projections for the Mediterranean region. Global and Planetary Change, 63, 90-104.

162. Giorgi, F. , N.S. Diffenbaugh, X.J. Gao, E. Coppola, S.K. Dash, O. Frumento, I. Seidou Sanda, S.A. Rauscher, A. Remedio, A. Steiner, B. Sylla, and A.S. Zakey, 2008: Exploring uncertainties in regional climate change: The Regional Climate Change Hyper-Matrix Framework. EOS, in press.

163. Solmon F., M. Mallet, N. Elguindi, F. Giorgi, A.S. Zakey, A. Konare, 2008: Dust aerosol impact on regional precipitation over western Africa, mechanisms and sensitivity to absorption properties. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L24705, doi:10.1029/2008GL035900.

164. Giorgi, F. , and E. Coppola, 2008: Projections of 21st century climate over Europe. European Physical Journal, Special Topics, in press.

165. Salon, S., G. Cossarini, S. Libralato, X. Gao, C. Solidoro, and F. Giorgi, 2009: A downscaling experiment for the lagoon of Venice. Part I: Validation of the present day precipitation climatology. Climate Research, 38, 31-41.

166. Cossarini, G., S. Salon, S. Libralato, X. Gao, F. Giorgi and C. Solidoro, 2009: A downscaling experiment for the lagoon of Venice. Part II: Testing potential impacts of changes in precipitation patterns on biogeochemical properties. Climate Research, 38, 43-59.

167. Rauscher S.A., C. Covey, A. Henderson Sellers and F. Giorgi, 2009: Developing know-how on regional climate change research. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, in press.

168. Coppola, E. and F. Giorgi, 2009: An assessment of temperature and precipitationange projections over Italy from recent global and regional climate model simulations. International Journal of Climatology, in press.

169. Ratnam J.V, F. Giorgi, A. Kaginalkar and S. Cozzini, 2009: Simulation of the Indian monsoon using the RegCM3-ROMS regional coupled model. Climate Dynamics, in press.

170. Torma, C., J. Bartholy, R. Pongracz, Z. Barcza, E. Coppola, and F. Giorgi, 2009: Sensitivity of the RegCM3 climate model for the Carpathian Basin. Journal Idojaras, in press.

171. Zhang, D., A.S. Zakey, X. Gao and F. Giorgi, 2009: Simulation of dust aerosol and its regional feedbacks over East Asia using a regional climate model. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, in press.

172. Tomassetti, B., M. Verdecchia and F. Giorgi, 2009: NN5: A neural network based approach for the downscaling of precipitation fields. Model description and preliminary results. Journal of Hydrology, in press.

173. Faggian, P., and F. Giorgi, 2009: An analysis of global model projections over Italy, with particular attention to the Italian Greater Alpine Region. Climatic Change, in press.

174. Gao, X.J., Y. Shi and F. Giorgi, 2009: A high resolution simulation of climate change over China. Science

in China, Series D – Earth Sciences, in press.

175. Steiner, A.L., J.S. Pal, S.A. Rauscher, J.L. Bell, N.S. Diffenbaugh, F. Giorgi and S.L. Sloan, 2009: Land surface coupling in regional climate simulations of the West African monsoon. Submitted to Climate Dynamics.

176. Diffenbaugh N.S., F. Giorgi, M.D. Mastrandrea and G.E. Shively, 2009: Reducing national-level exposure to climate stress requires both economic development and greenhouse gas mitigation. Submitted to Environmental Research Letters.

177. Ying, X., X. Gao and F. Giorgi, 2009: Regional variability of climate change hot-spots in East Asia. Submitted to Climate Research.

178. Syed F.S., F. Giorgi, J.S. Pal and K. Keay, 2009: Regional climate model simulation of winter climate over central Southwest Asia, with emphasis on NAO and ENSO effects. Submitted to International Journal of Climatology.

179. Giorgi, F., and X. Bi, 2009: The Time of emergence (TOE) of GHG-forced precipitation change Hot-spots. Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.

180. Xu, Y., X. Gao and F. Giorgi, 2009: Upgrades to the REA method for producing probabilistic climate change projectcions. Submitted to Climate Research.

181. Rauscher, S.A., E. Coppola, C. Piani and F. Giorgi, 2009: Resolution effect of regional climate model simulation of precipitation over Europe. Part I: Seasonal. Submitted to Climate Dynamics.

182. Artale, V., S. Calmanti, A. Carillo, A. Dell’Aquila, M. Hermann, G. Pisacane, P.M. Ruti, G. Sannino, M.V. Striglia, F. Giorgi, X. Bi, J.S. Pal, S. Rauscher, 2009: An Atmosphere-Ocean Regional Climate Model for the Mediterranean area: Assessment of a present climate simulation. Submitted to Climate Dynamics.

OTHER REFEREED PUBLICATIONS, BOOK CHAPTERS AND REPORTS

1. Giorgi, F. , 1982, Application of the spectral method in the development of general circulation models, Note n. 10, IBM Scientific Center, Rome, Italy (in Italian).

2. Giorgi, F. , 1986, Development of an atmospheric aerosol model for studies of global budgets and effects of airborne particulate material, NCAR CooperativeThesis No. 102, 226 pp.

3. Dickinson, R.E., R.M. Errico, F. Giorgi and G.T. Bates, 1987: NCAR Feasibility Study on: Modeling of historic, prehistoric and future climates of the great basin. Progress Report to USGS/NNWSI, 23 pp.

4. Dickinson, R.E., R.M. Errico, F. Giorgi and G.T. Bates, 1988: NCAR Feasibility Study on: Modeling of historic, prehistoric and future climates of the great basin. Final Report to USGS/NNWSI, 46 pp.

5. Marinucci, M.R. and F. Giorgi, 1991: Regional climate modeling, Rendiconti della International School of Physics Enrico Fermi (Varenna, Italy, June 21-July 6, 1990), CXV Course. The use of EOS for studies of atmospheric physics, G. Visconti and J. Gille eds., North Holland Publ.

6. Giorgi, F. , 1992: Contributor to the 1992 IPCC Climate Change Update. Chapter on: Climate modeling, climate prediction and model validation, by W. L.Gates, et al., Version 1.

7. Visconti, G., F. Giorgi, and M.R. Marinucci, 1992: Numerical simulation of regional climate change. Cambiamento Globale Del Clima: Stato Della Ricerca Italiana, Atti Dei Convegni Lincei, 95, Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, 49-57.

8. Famiglietti, J.S., B.H. Braswell and F. Giorgi, 1995: Process controls and similarity in the U.S. continental-scale hydrological cycle from EOF analysis ofregional climate model simulations. Scale Issues in Hydrological Modelling, J.D. Kalma and M. Sivapalan Eds., 195-202.

9. Giorgi, F. , 1996: Contributor to the 1995 IPCC Climate Change Report. Chapter 5, Climate models: Evaluation, by W. L. Gates, et al., Cambridge University Press, 229-284.

10. Giorgi, F. , 1996: Climate modeling over the Mediterranean region: An Overview. In The Impact of Desert Dust Across the Mediterranean, S. Guerzoni and R. Chester, Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, pp. 1-14.

11. Giorgi, F. , 1996: Approaches to Regional Climate Modeling. Final Report of the Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource. Kathleen A. Miller and Robert K. Parkin, Eds., NOAA contract No.

NA94AANAG0380. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

12. Giorgi, F. , 1996: Perspectives for Earth System Modeling on the Regional Scale.Regional Impacts of Global Climate Change: Assessing Change and Response at the Scales that Matter. Edited by S. Ghan, E. Rykiel, W.T. Pennell, M.J. Scott, K.L. Peterson and L.W. Vail, 3-20.

13. Giorgi, F. , 1997: Modeling surface processes in climate system models. The Mathematics of Models for Climatology and Environment, J.I. Diaz Ed., NATO/ASI Series, Springer Publishers, London.

14. Giorgi, F. , 2001: Modeling Regional Climate Change. Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Volume I: The Earth System: Physical and Chemical Dimensions of Global Environmental Change.

John Wiley and Sons, London, I:523-532.

15. Giorgi, F. and R. Francisco, 2001: Uncertainties in the prediction of regional climate change. In Global Changes and Protected Areas, Edited by G. Visconti, M. Beniston, E.D. Iannorelli and D. Barba, 127-139.

16. Giorgi, F. , 2001: Modelling Regional Climate Change. Dossier article in the Scidev.Net electronic information site.

17. Mearns, L.O., F. Giorgi, P. Whetton, D. Pabon, M. Hulme and M. Lal, 2003: Guidelines for use of climate scenarios developed from regional climate model experiments. TGCIA-IPCC report. Available from http://ipcc-ddc.cru.uea.ac.uk/guidelines/RCM6.Guidelines.October03.pdf, 38 pp.

18. Raper, S.C.B., and F. Giorgi, 2005: Climate change projections and models. Chapter 13 of Climate Change and Biodiversity. Lovejoy, T.E. and L. Hannah, Eds., Yale University Press, New Haven, U.S.A., 199-210.

19. Zakey, A.S., F. Giorgi, and J.S. Pal, 2008: Climate change and related disasters. Chapter 15 of Large Scale Disasters, Prediction, Control and Mitigation. GAd-el-Hak M., Ed., Cambridge University Press, New York, U.S.A., 329-362.

20. Giorgi, F. , 2008: Regional patterns of climate change. Encyclopedia of Global Change, The Oxford Companion, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.

PROCEEDINGS

1. Giorgi, F. , and G.T. Bates, 1989, comparison of MM4 simulations with and without the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS), Proceedings of the Workshop on Limited-Area Modeling Intercom-parison, 221-231 pp., 15-18 November, Boulder, CO.

2. Dickinson, R.E., R.M. Errico, F. Giorgi, and G.T. Bates, 1989, Modeling of regional climate using a regional meteorological model coupled to a general circulation model, Proceedings of the Workshop on Limited-Area Modeling Intercomparison, 232-244 pp., 15-18 November, Boulder, CO.

3. Giorgi, F. , G.T. Bates, R.M. Errico, and R.E. Dickinson, 1989, Modeling the climate of the western United States with a limited area model coupled to a general circulation model, Proceedings of the Sixth

Conference on Applied Climatology, 201-208 pp., March 7-10, Charleston, S.C.

4. Matthews, D., F. Giorgi, and G.T. Bates, 1991: Modeling regional controls of watershed precipitation for climatic change studies. Second Symposium on Global Change Studies, New Orleans, LA, 12-18 January 1991, 63-67.

5. Hostetler, S.W., G.T. Bates, and F. Giorgi, 1992: Nesting hydrologic models within a regional climate model. American Meteorological Society Third Symposium on Global Change Studies, 86.

6. Marinucci, M.R. and F. Giorgi, 1992: A 2XCO2 climate change scenario over Europe generated with a limited area model nested in a general circulation model. American Meteorological Society Third Symposium on Global Change Studies, 33-40.

7. Matthews, D.A., F. Giorgi and G.T. Bates, 1992: Regional model simulation of an extreme precipitation event in the Colorado river basin. Third AMS Symposium on Global Change Studies, Atlanta, GA, 5-10 January, 20-23.

8. Bates, G.T., and F. Giorgi, 1992: Regional climate modeling of the Great Lakes basin, American Meteorological Society Third Symposium on Global Change Studies, 18-19.

9. Giorgi, F. , G.T. Bates and S.J. Nieman, 1992: A regional climate model for the western United States, I: Model Validation. Third AMS Symposium on Global Change Studies, Atlanta, GA, 5-10 January, 10-17.

10. Bates, G.T., S.W. Hostetler, and F. Giorgi, 1993: Simulation of the regional climate and hydrology of the great lakes basin. Fourth American Meteorological Society Symposium of Global Change Studies, Anaheim, CA, 17-22 January, 32-33.

11. Liu, Y. F. Giorgi and W.M. Washington, 1994: Simulation of summer monsoon climate over east Asia with an NCAR regional climate model. American Meteorological Society Sixth Conference on Climate

Variations, Nashville, TN, 23-28 January.

12. Bates, G.T., S.W. Hostetler,and F. Giorgi, 1994: Multi-year simulation of the great lakes region with a coupled model system. American Meteorological Society Sixth Conference on Climate Variations, Nashville, TN, 23-28 January, 399-407.

13. Schimel, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Ojima, F. Giorgi, A. Metherell, R.A. Pielke, C.V. Cole, and J.G. Bromberg, 1994: Models, methods and tools for regional models of the response of the ecosystems to global climate change. Proceedings, International Workshop on Sustainable Land Management for the 21st Century. R.C. Wood and J. Dumanski (eds.), Vol. 2, Agricultural Institute of Canada, Ottawa, pp. 227-238.

14. Kittel, T.G.F, D.S. Ojima, D.S. Schimel, R. McKeown, J.G. Bromberg, T.H. Painter, N.A. Rosen-bloom, W.J. Parton and F. Giorgi, 1995: Model-GIS integration and data set development for assessing the vulnerability of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change. Proceedings, Second International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling, pp. 293-297.

15. Seth, A. and F. Giorgi, 1997: A regional climate model study of the role of soil moisture in the extreme events of 1988 and 1993 in the central U.S. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, 2-7 February, Long Beach, CA, pp. 78-79.

16. Bates, G.T., F. Giorgi and L.O. Mearns 1997: A modeling study of the influence of surface forcings on the regional climate of the midwestern U.S. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, 2-7 February, Long Beach, CA, pp. 275-276.

17. Giorgi, F. , J.W. Hurrell, M.R. Marinucci and M. Beniston, 1997: A model study of the elevation dependency of the surface climate change signal. Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Climate Variations, American Meteorological Society, 2-7 February, Long Beach, CA, pp. j101-j104.

18. Semazzi, F.H.M., L. Sun, and F. Giorgi, 1997: A modeling study of the role of deforestation on the climate of central and eastern Africa. Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Climate Variations, American Meteorological Society, 2-7 February, Long Beach, CA, pp. j117-j120.

19. Sun, L., F.H.M., Semazzi, and F. Giorgi, 1997: Towards the development of a seasonal climate prediction system for eastern Africa. Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, 2-7 February, Long Beach, CA.

20. Semazzi, F.H.M., L. Sun, and F. Giorgi, 1997: Simulation of the interaction between Lake Victoria and the climate of eastern Africa. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, 2-7 February, Long Beach, CA, pp. 245-248.

21. Giorgi, F. , 1997: Recent developments and applications with the NCAR Regional Climate Model (RegCM). Proceedings from the International Workshop on Regional Modeling of the ”General Monsoon System ” in Asia, October 20-23, Beijing, China, pp. 7-11.

22. Steiner, A., and F. Giorgi, 2001: The coupling of the Common Land Model (CLM) to a regional climate model, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract B42A-11.

23. Giorgi, F. , X. Bi and J. Pal, 2003: Variability and extremes in regional climate simulations for the European region. Proceedings of the World Climate Change Conference, Moscow, Russia, 29 September - 3 October, 12pp.

24. Giorgi, F. , 2007: Summary and key messages from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Proceedings of the Erice Workshop on Planetary Emergencies, Erice,Italy, 20-24 August, 21 pp.