Trends and extremes of drought indices throughout the 20th century in the Mediterranean

• Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: Sousa, P. M., Trigo, R. M., Aizpurua, P., Nieto, R., Gimeno, L., Garcia-Herrera, R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Kendall; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-11-33-2011; https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/11/33/2011/

Average monthly precipitation, the original Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and a recent adaptation to Europe, the Self Calibrated PDSI (scPDSI) have been used here to analyse the spatial and temporal evolution of drought conditions in the Mediterranean during the 20th century. Monthly, seasona...