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

• Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: P. M. Sousa, R. M. Trigo, P. Aizpurua, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, R. Garcia-Herrera
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: geo; envir; Kendall; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-11-33-2011; http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/33/2011/nhess-11-33-2011.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/5b44b4f2fedd41d88fb7f2ae50f0356a

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...