Advances in Geosciences www.adv-geosci.net 1680-7340 1680-7359 16 Observation, Prediction and Verification of Precipitation (EGU Session 2007) 2008 10.5194/adgeo-16-131-2008 http://www.adv-geosci.net/16/131/2008/ http://www.adv-geosci.net/16/131/2008/adgeo-16-131-2008.html http://www.adv-geosci.net/16/131/2008/adgeo-16-131-2008.pdf 131 136 2008-04-09 The impact of an upper tropospheric teleconnection pattern on precipitation extremes over Cyprus M. Hatzaki P. Lingis H.A. Flocas S. Michaelides C. Oikonomou Department of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, University of Athens, Greece Meteorological Service of Cyprus, Cyprus Institute of Atmospheric Science, University of Edinburgh, UK The objective of this study is to estimate the duration, frequency and intensity of precipitation extreme episodes in Cyprus, in relation with the two phases of the Eastern Mediterranean teleconnection Pattern (EMP), during winter for the period 1958–2005. 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