Advances in Geosciences www.adv-geosci.net 1680-7340 1680-7359 20 Observation, Prediction and Verification of Precipitation (EGU Session 2008) 2009 10.5194/adgeo-20-39-2009 http://www.adv-geosci.net/20/39/2009/ http://www.adv-geosci.net/20/39/2009/adgeo-20-39-2009.html http://www.adv-geosci.net/20/39/2009/adgeo-20-39-2009.pdf 39 43 2009-03-30 Trends and seasonality of extreme precipitation characteristics related to mid-latitude cyclones in Europe A. Karagiannidis T. Karacostas P. Maheras T. Makrogiannis Dept.~of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Faculty of Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece An attempt is made to study the extreme precipitation characteristics, which are related to the mid-latitude cyclonic systems. Daily pluviometric data, from several stations across the continental Europe and the British Islands, are used. The covered time-period is from 1958 to 2000. 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