Recent progress on the sources of continental precipitation as revealed by moisture transport analysis

L Gimeno, M Vázquez, J Eiras-Barca, R Sorí… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The assessment of sources of moisture is key to the understanding of the hydrological cycle
at different time scales, because it enables the establishment of source-sink relationships …

The influence of global change on Europe's water cycle and groundwater recharge

T Riedel, TKD Weber - Hydrogeology Journal, 2020 - Springer
Roughly a third of Europe's water demand is satisfied by groundwater abstraction.
Understanding how future changes in climate, weather, vegetation and land use will affect …

Recent changes of relative humidity: regional connections with land and ocean processes

SM Vicente-Serrano, R Nieto, L Gimeno… - Earth System …, 2018 - esd.copernicus.org
We analyzed changes in surface relative humidity (RH) at the global scale from 1979 to
2014 using both observations and the ERA-Interim dataset. We compared the variability and …

Moisture sources associated with heavy rainfall over the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa

RS Rapolaki, RC Blamey, JC Hermes, CJC Reason - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
Moisture sources and pathways over the Limpopo River Basin (LRB) in southern Africa were
identified using the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) …

Moisture sources and atmospheric circulation associated with the record-breaking rainstorm over Zhengzhou city in July 2021

X Liu, M Yang, H Wang, K Liu, N Dong, H Wang… - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
On 20 July 2021, the city of Zhengzhou in Henan Province, China experienced a record-
breaking rainfall event (“21· 7”) with a maximum hourly precipitation of 201.9 mm, which …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrometeorological factors controlling the stable isotopic composition of precipitation in the highlands of south Ecuador

DX Zhiña, GM Mosquera… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Knowledge about precipitation generation remains limited in the tropical Andes due
to the lack of water stable isotope (WSI) data. Therefore, we investigated the key factors …

[HTML][HTML] Oceanic and terrestrial origin of precipitation over 50 major world river basins: Implications for the occurrence of drought

R Sorí, L Gimeno-Sotelo, R Nieto, MLR Liberato… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The terrestrial and oceanic origins of precipitation over 50 major river basins worldwide
were investigated for the period 1980–2018. For this purpose, we used a Lagrangian …

Developing meteoric water lines for Iran based on air masses and moisture sources

M Heydarizad, E Raeisi, R Sorí, L Gimeno - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Iran is a semi-arid to arid country that faces a water shortage crisis. Its weather is also
influenced by various air masses and moisture sources. Therefore, applying accurate stable …

Contribution of the main moisture sources to precipitation during extreme peak precipitation months

R Nieto, D Ciric, M Vázquez, MLR Liberato… - Advances in Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
A worldwide study is presented to understand the role of major global moisture source
regions in the occurrence of extreme monthly precipitation over the continents. The …

The identification of Iran's moisture sources using a Lagrangian particle dispersion model

M Heydarizad, E Raeisi, R Sori, L Gimeno - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
Iran has faced many water shortage crises in the past. Iran's moisture sources for
precipitation were identified by Lagrangian approach using the FLEXible PARTicle …