The deadline for abstract submission for the 18th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks (https://meetings.copernicus.org/plinius18/) has been extended to May 20, 2024.

The 18th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks will take place on September 30 – October  3, 2024 at Chania, Greece, at the _Old Port of Chania – __Chania Culture Centre_

We cordially invite you to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation in Session PL2:

Earth Observation data and techniques for the definition, characterization, and monitoring of natural hazards (Conveners: Giulia Panegrossi, Emmanouil Anagnostou, Yves Tramblay).

_This session aims at bringing together scientists working on the use of remote sensing observations and in situ measurements as well as physically-based or statistical/machine learning models, for the definition, characterization, and the monitoring of natural hazards and extreme events in the Mediterranean area. The goal of the session is to foster the discussion about new types of observations and new approaches combining data and models to contribute to the understanding of climate change effects on extreme events occurrence and trends. Studies related to the use of long-term data record and new methodologies able to describe and identify patterns and parameters of natural disasters and to define anomalous and rare features of extreme events are encouraged. Some examples include, but are not limited to, observation and monitoring of heavy precipitation systems, tornadoes and Medicanes, strong winds, droughts and forest fires, floods, debris-flows and landslides, volcanic events, earthquakes, coastal erosion, and glaciers._

Please, consider submitting an abstract also to any of the 8 Sessions:

•     Diagnosis, trends, causalities, and predictions of extreme weather events in a climate change environment (Conveners: Mario Marcello Miglietta, Cindy Lebeaupin, Stavros Dafis)
•     Earth Observation data and techniques for the definition, characterization, and monitoring of natural hazards (Conveners: Giulia Panegrossi, Emmanouil Anagnostou, Yves Tramblay)
•     Hydro-geological effects of extreme events (e.g., floods, landslides, erosions, coastal dynamics, storm surges etc.) (Conveners: Marco Borga, Giorgio Boni, Michalis Diakakis)
•     Socio-economic impacts: exposure, vulnerability, prospectives, and adaptation (Conveners: Maria-Carmen Llasat, Katerina Papagiannaki, Olga Petrucci)
•     Safeguarding and management of cultural and natural heritage at risk from climate extreme events (Conveners: Alessandra Bonazza, Costas Cartalis, Dimitris Alexakis)
•     Natural hazards for ecosystems and agriculture (Conveners: Luigi Ponti, Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Andreja Sušnik)
•     Air quality, Heat and Health in the Mediterranean (Conveners: Francesca Costabile, Tareq Hussein, Christos Giannaros)
•     Current and emerging challenges of wildfires (Conveners: Theodore Giannaros, Mario Miguel Valero, Apostolos Voulgarakis)

For further info please visit the conference site:
https://meetings.copernicus.org/plinius18/