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Mapping the Hazard of Extreme Rainfall by Peaks over Threshold Extreme Value Analysis and Spatial Regression Techniques
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The occurrence of rainfalls of high magnitude constitutes a primary natural hazard in many parts of the world, and the elaboration of maps showing the hazard of extreme rainfalls has great theoretical and practical interest. ...
Positive and Negative Phases of the Wintertime North Atlantic Oscillation and Drought Occurrence over Europe: A Multitemporal-Scale Approach
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In this study, droughts are analyzed using the standardized precipitation index (SPI) at different time scales for all of Europe over the period 1901?2000. The SPI is calculated at different time scales (1?12 months), as ...
A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The authors propose a new climatic drought index: the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI). The SPEI is based on precipitation and temperature data, and it has the advantage of combining multiscalar ...
Where Does the Iberian Peninsula Moisture Come From? An Answer Based on a Lagrangian Approach
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study investigated the main sources of moisture in the atmosphere over the Iberian Peninsula (IP) at annual and seasonal scales using FLEXPART, a powerful new 3D Lagrangian diagnosis method that identifies the humidity ...
DROP: A Probabilistic Drought Monitoring Tool
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Performance of Drought Indices for Ecological, Agricultural, and Hydrological Applications
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: n this study, the authors provide a global assessment of the performance of different drought indices for monitoring drought impacts on several hydrological, agricultural, and ecological response variables. For this purpose, ...
The European 2016/17 Drought
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractWe have analyzed the record-breaking drought that affected western and central Europe from July 2016 to June 2017. It caused widespread impacts on water supplies, agriculture, and hydroelectric power production, ...
Homogenization and Assessment of Observed Near-Surface Wind Speed Trends over Spain and Portugal, 1961–2011
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ear-surface wind speed trends recorded at 67 land-based stations across Spain and Portugal for 1961?2011, also focusing on the 1979?2008 subperiod, were analyzed. Wind speed series were subjected to quality control, ...
Global Assessment of the Standardized Evapotranspiration Deficit Index (SEDI) for Drought Analysis and Monitoring
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThis article developed and implemented a new methodology for calculating the standardized evapotranspiration deficit index (SEDI) globally based on the log-logistic distribution to fit the evaporation deficit (ED), ...