“…Several others can also be mentioned, like the works done by Berenger (1955Berenger ( , 1960, among others). Still apart from MEDEX, since 1990 we can highlight Alpert et al (1990a, b), Flocas and Karacostas (1996), Trigo et al (1999Trigo et al ( , 2002, Flocas et al (2001Flocas et al ( , 2010, Maheras et al ( , 2002, and Kouroutzoglou et al (2011). It is also relevant to mention climatological MedCLIVAR work, partially done in collaboration with MEDEX (see Lionello et al, 2006, andUlbrich et al, 2012, for a review).…”