Research and Teaching Assistant
Laboratory of Climatology,
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,
University of Haifa, Israel
Phone: 972 - 4-8240938, Room: 8005
B.A. in Geography. 2001-2003
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
M.A. in Climatology. 2004-2006
M.A. Thesis: Rainfall regime uncertainty in the Mediterranean
basin, excluding the north African coasts.
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Ph.D. candidate in Climatology. 2006-present.
Ph.D. Thesis: Synoptic characteristics of rainfall regime uncertainties
in the Mediterranean basin and their relationship with
atmospheric oscillations and teleconnections.
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Academic interests:
Mediterranean Climate
Rainfall Regimes and extreme events
Rainfall Regime is a term that comprises many components that describes the rain in a region location including:
mean and other statistical measures of annual rainfall TOTAL, its temporal distribution, the length of the rainy season,
distribution of rain-spells and their yields, distribution of dry-spells, etc.
The Most Expected Rainfall Regime–MERR is composed of these various parameters.
For farther information see publications
Uncertainties in the rainfall regimes
Rainfall Regime Uncertainty-RRU is a term that describes how much a season, or any other period of time, varies from the
Expected Rainfall Regime (MERR) and quantify the degree of the inability to accurately determine when, where, and how intense
a climatic phenomenon occurs. For farther information: http://geo.haifa.ac.il/~geoweb/RUEM%204.1.pdf
Statistical analysis methods in Geography
Other interests:
1. Hiking and outdoor activities
2. Markets and fairs
3. Photography (see my pictures gallery)
Published:
Reiser, H.; Kutiel, H. 2007. The rainfall regime and its uncertainty in Valencia and Larnaca. Advances in Geosciences, 12:101-106.
Anagnostopoulou, C.; Tolika, K.; Maheras, P.; Reiser, H.; Kutiel, H 2008a. Quantifying uncertainty in precipitation: a case
study from Greece. Advances in Geosciences, 16:19-26.
Reiser, H.; Kutiel, H. 2008b. Rainfall uncertainty in the Mediterranean: Definition of the rainy season – a methodological approach
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 94: 35-49.
Reiser, H.; Kutiel, H. 2008c. Rainfall uncertainty in the Mediterranean: Definitions of the Daily Rainfall Threshold (DRT) and the
Rainy Season Length (RSL). Theoretical and Applied Climatology DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0055-z.
Submitted:
Proceedings:
Reiser, H.; Kutiel, H. 2006. Spatial distribution of the most expected rainfall regime-MERR in Brindisi, Calarasi and Jerusalem:
8th Conference on Meteorology-Climatology-Atmospheric Physics COMECAP. Athens, GREECE. May 24-26, 2006. 3: 266-275.
Reiser, H.; Kutiel, H. 2008a. A new approach for processing rainfall date: determination of the Starting Analysis Date (SAD)
and the Daily Rainfall Threshold (DRT): 9th Conference on Meteorology-Climatology-Atmospheric Physics COMECAP.
Thessaloniki, GREECE. May 28-31, 2008. pp: 481-487.
Kutiel, H.; Reiser, H. 2008b. The annual course of the rainfall in Heraklion as representing a Mediterranean climate:
9th Conference on Meteorology-Climatology-Atmospheric Physics COMECAP. Thessaloniki, GREECE.
May 28-31, 2008. pp: 393-399.
LECTURES AT SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES
International:
GABARDINE–Fifth Consortium Meeting. Thessaloniki, Greece. October 18–20 2007. Paper presented: A methodological
approach for creating synthetic rainfall time series.
1st International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change. Aldemar: Knossos Royal Village conference center. Crete, Greece.
May 27- June 1, 2007. Paper presented: A new approach for determining the Starting Analyses Date (SAD).
GABARDINE–Fourth Consortium Meeting. Barcelona & Sabadell, Spain March 19–23, 2007.
Paper presented: The time series and extreme values of parameters that compose the Most Expected Rainfall Regime-MERR
in all test sites.
8th COMECAP-Conference on Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics. General and Agricultural Meteorology lab.
Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. May 24-26, 2006. Paper presented: Spatial distribution of
Most Expected Rainfall Regime-MERR across the Mediterranean and its temporal evolution.
Local:
The Israeli Meteorological Society annual conference. Recital City, Tel-Aviv. March 25, 2008. Paper presented:
The rainfall intra-seasonal distribution in Jerusalem, 1950-2006.
The 48th Israeli Geographical Association Conference. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva. December 9-10, 2007.
Paper presented: The definition of the Starting Analyses Date (SAD).
Symposium on: The 2006-07Rainy season review Israeli Meteorological service, Bet Dagan. July 10, 2007. Paper presented:
The definition of the Starting Analyses Date (SAD).
The 47th Israeli Geographical Association Conference. Tel-Aviv University. Tel Aviv. December 17-19, 2006. Paper presented:
Extremes events of rainfall regime in the Mediterranean basin.
Symposium on: "Is the Climate Gone Crazy?" Interdisciplinary Education Center. Midreshet Sde-Boker. June 15, 2006. Paper presented:
Rainfall Regime Uncertainty in the Mediterranean Basin.
The 46th Israeli Geographical Association Conference. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Jerusalem. January 1-3, 2006. Paper presented:
Rainfall Regime Uncertainty in the Mediterranean Basin.
