Annual, seasonal and monthly rainfall trends from 1961 to 2006 period were analysed in this
study by applying various statistical tools to data from 553 Spanish weather stations. The …

We present an analysis of daily extreme precipitation events for the extended winter season
(October–March) at 20 Mediterranean coastal sites covering the period 1950–2006. The …

Publisher Summary The Mediterranean climate is under the influence of both tropical and
mid-latitude climate dynamics, being directly affected by continental and maritime air …

We analyzed the temporal variability of annual precipitation measured at five stations in the
Macta (14,380 km 2) and Tafna (4,949 km 2) catchments located in northwestern Algeria, in …

The semiarid SE fringe of the Iberian Peninsula is considered one of the most sensitive to
extreme floods and droughts in the western Mediterranean area. The controlling climatic …

The study of weather extremes is critical because of their great impact on the environment,
economy and society. The identification of areas at greater risk of extreme conditions, and of …

This study characterizes the climatology of drought events over the mainland Spain and the
Balearic Islands using high‐resolution (1.21 km2) meteorological data from 1961 to 2014 …

In aim to well understand of the association between climate change, variability and their
impact on water resources availability, an analysis was conducted of the trends in rainfall …

ERA5 represents the state of the art for atmospheric reanalyses and is widely used in
meteorological and climatological research. In this work, this dataset is evaluated using the …

Plenty of different drought indices for the quantification of drought have been developed.
This chapter analyzes three drought indices: the Rainfall Anomaly Index (RAI), the …