Rainfall is the most important physical process responsible for the landslide triggering in
Portugal. Results obtained worldwide have shown that control of rainfall on landslides differs …

While global warming has generally increased the occurrence of extreme precipitation, the
physical mechanisms by which climate change alters regional and local precipitation …

Floods do have multiple aspects: they are integral phenomena by nature. In this paper we
deal with the meteorological aspects, which need to be adequately understood in order to …

The main objective of this study is to obtain a better understanding of the spatial and
temporal variability and trends of rainfall and river flow in the Cobres River basin, southern …

Because water is a key at-risk resource, improved water management is essential. In terms
of quantity, the two major alternatives in water management can be grouped into:(i) …

Rainfall over the northeast part of Brazil is highly influenced by several weather systems
such as trade winds, the Intertropical Convergence Zone, Easterly Wave Disturbances …

A new publicly available daily gridded precipitation data set over mainland Portugal is
presented. This data set is also combined with a recent Spanish data set to obtain a high …

University buildings may contribute significantly to the urban demand of potable water,
particularly in small and medium communities with large universities. In this regard …

We propose a new procedure for the objective identification and classification of heavy
rainfall areas (HRAs) to advance the understanding of mesoscale convective systems …

This paper investigates the extreme precipitation events in the southern Iberian Peninsula
(Andalusia) using 86 stations with daily precipitation records for the period 1955–2006 …