Reconstruction of drought episodes for central Spain from rogation ceremonies recorded at the Toledo Cathedral from 1506 to 1900: A methodological approach

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Domínguez Castro, Fernando, Santisteban Navarro, Juan Ignacio, Barriendos, Mariano, Mediavilla López, Rosa María
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. 2008
• Subjects: Geodinámica; Toledo; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/12441/; https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/12441/1/Dominguez-Castro_et_al_2008_01.pdf; http://www.elsevier.com/locate/gloplacha; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.06.002

Rogation (ceremonies to ask God for rain: pro-pluvia, or to stop raining: pro-serenitate) analysis is an effective method to derive information about climate extremes from documentary data. Weighted annual sum by levels has been a widespread technique to analyze such data but this analysis is liable...