Volume 2 of a three-volume final report thoroughly describes,
synthesizes and analyzes the results of the four-year Integrated
Research Project CIRCE - Climate Change and Impact Research:
Mediterranean Environment, funded by the EU 6th Framework Programme.
Conducted under the auspices of the National Institute of Geophysics and
Volcanology in Rome, Italy, CIRCE was designed to predict and to
quantify the physical impacts of climate change in the Mediterranean,
and to assess the most influential consequences for the region's
population. This volume incorporates Parts 3 and 4 of the report,
reviewing current knowledge of observed climate variability and trends
in the Mediterranean, and including descriptions of available
temperature and precipitation station and gridded data sets.