North Atlantic oscillation control of droughts in north-east Spain: evaluation since 1600 a.d.
23 páginas, 16 figuras, 1 tabla.-- El documento se encuentra en su versión post-print. This paper analyses the role played by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in the creation of drought conditions in a semi-arid region of north-east Spain (the middle Ebro valley), from 1600 to the year 2000. The...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/35435 2024-02-11T10:06:12+01:00 North Atlantic oscillation control of droughts in north-east Spain: evaluation since 1600 a.d. Vicente Serrano, Sergio M. Cuadrat, José María 2007-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/35435 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-007-9285-9 en eng Springer http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-007-9285-9 Climatic Change 85(3-4): 357-379 (2007) 0165-0009 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/35435 doi:10.1007/s10584-007-9285-9 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2007 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-007-9285-9 2024-01-16T09:31:38Z 23 páginas, 16 figuras, 1 tabla.-- El documento se encuentra en su versión post-print. This paper analyses the role played by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in the creation of drought conditions in a semi-arid region of north-east Spain (the middle Ebro valley), from 1600 to the year 2000. The study used documents from ecclesiastical archives for the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. For the twentieth century, instrumental precipitation records were used as well. A December–August drought index from 1600 to 1900 was compiled from the historical documentary sources (rogation ceremonies). The index was validated by means of precipitation records between 1858 and 1900 and independent precipitation data from 1600 reconstructed by means of dendrochronological records. Using instrumental data a drought index was also calculated (Standardized Precipitation Index, SPI) for the 1958–2000 period. We found that the NAO was important in explaining the droughts identified in the study area from documents and instrumental data. Positive values of the winter NAO index are prone to cause droughts in the middle Ebro valley. This finding has been verified since 1600 by means of two independent reconstructions of the winter NAO index. The same behaviour has been observed during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by means of instrumental records. The climatic and geographic factors that explain the high influence of North Atlantic Oscillation on droughts in this region are discussed in depth. This work has been supported by the projects: CGL 2005-04508/BOS financed by the Spanish Commission of Science and Technology and FEDER, PIP176/2005 and “Programa de grupos de investigación consolidados” (BOA 48 of 20-04-2005) financed by the Aragón Government. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Boa ENVELOPE(15.532,15.532,66.822,66.822) Climatic Change 85 3-4 357 379 |
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23 páginas, 16 figuras, 1 tabla.-- El documento se encuentra en su versión post-print. This paper analyses the role played by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in the creation of drought conditions in a semi-arid region of north-east Spain (the middle Ebro valley), from 1600 to the year 2000. The study used documents from ecclesiastical archives for the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. For the twentieth century, instrumental precipitation records were used as well. A December–August drought index from 1600 to 1900 was compiled from the historical documentary sources (rogation ceremonies). The index was validated by means of precipitation records between 1858 and 1900 and independent precipitation data from 1600 reconstructed by means of dendrochronological records. Using instrumental data a drought index was also calculated (Standardized Precipitation Index, SPI) for the 1958–2000 period. We found that the NAO was important in explaining the droughts identified in the study area from documents and instrumental data. Positive values of the winter NAO index are prone to cause droughts in the middle Ebro valley. This finding has been verified since 1600 by means of two independent reconstructions of the winter NAO index. The same behaviour has been observed during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by means of instrumental records. The climatic and geographic factors that explain the high influence of North Atlantic Oscillation on droughts in this region are discussed in depth. This work has been supported by the projects: CGL 2005-04508/BOS financed by the Spanish Commission of Science and Technology and FEDER, PIP176/2005 and “Programa de grupos de investigación consolidados” (BOA 48 of 20-04-2005) financed by the Aragón Government. Peer reviewed |
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North Atlantic oscillation control of droughts in north-east Spain: evaluation since 1600 a.d. |
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North Atlantic oscillation control of droughts in north-east Spain: evaluation since 1600 a.d. |
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North Atlantic oscillation control of droughts in north-east Spain: evaluation since 1600 a.d. |
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