The little ice age in Iberian mountains

M Oliva, J Ruiz-Fernández, M Barriendos, G Benito… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Little Ice Age (LIA) is known as one of the coldest stages of the Holocene. Most
records from the Northern Hemisphere show evidence of significantly colder conditions …

Regionalization and susceptibility assessment to daily precipitation extremes in mainland Portugal

M Santos, M Fragoso, JA Santos - Applied Geography, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study aims to identify regions of extreme precipitation in mainland Portugal and
to create a single index of extreme precipitation susceptibility (EPSI). For this purpose …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: A global inventory

S Brönnimann, R Allan, L Ashcroft… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Instrumental meteorological measurements from periods prior to the start of national weather
services are designated “early instrumental data.” They have played an important role in …

Recent and future changes of precipitation extremes in mainland Portugal

M Santos, A Fonseca, M Fragoso, JA Santos - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
Recent and future changes in precipitation extremes over Portugal were studied. Trends in
selected precipitation indices were calculated on a seasonal scale for the period of 1950 …

Historical floods of the Douro River in Porto, Portugal (1727–1799)

MJ Alcoforado, LP Silva, I Amorim, M Fragoso… - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Extreme meteorological events have had devastating consequences all over the world
throughout the ages. In this study, we look into the floods at the mouth of the Douro River …

A centennial catalogue of hydro-geomorphological events and their atmospheric forcing

S Pereira, AM Ramos, L Rebelo, RM Trigo… - Advances in Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
The DISASTER database records 1969 unique hydro-geomorphologic cases (floods and
landslides) that generated human damages in Portugal during a 150 year-period (1865 …

[PDF][PDF] Droughts in Portugal in the 18th century: A study based on newly found documentary data

M Fragoso, MG Carraca… - International Journal of …, 2018 - academia.edu
Throughout history, mankind has been badly affected by extreme weather events. A
considerable number of studies have dealt with the topic of rainfall variability, past droughts …

Spatial impact and triggering conditions of the exceptional hydro-geomorphological event of December 1909 in Iberia

S Pereira, AM Ramos, JL Zêzere… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2016 - nhess.copernicus.org
According to the DISASTER database the 20–28 December 1909 event was the hydro-
geomorphologic event with the highest number of flood and landslide cases that occurred in …

Pro-Pluvia Rogation Ceremonies in Extremadura (Spain): Are They a Good Proxy of Winter NAO?

N Bravo-Paredes, MC Gallego, F Domínguez-Castro… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rogation ceremonies are religious requests to God. Pro-pluvia rogations were celebrated
during dry conditions to ask God for rain. In this work, we have recovered 37 pro-pluvia …

Early meteorological data in southern Spain during the Dalton Minimum

FS Rodrigo - International Journal of Climatology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this work is to present new meteorological data from southern Spain
corresponding to the period 1785–1830. Data sources are early newspapers and medical …