Extreme precipitation events

L Gimeno, R Sorí, M Vazquez… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of increased populations concentrated in urban areas, coupled with the ongoing
threat of climate change, means that society is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the …

A global perspective on western Mediterranean precipitation extremes

D Insua-Costa, M Senande-Rivera, MC Llasat… - npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
The Mediterranean region has been declared a climate change hotspot due, among other
reasons, to an expected increase in the torrential rains that frequently affect this densely …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic downscaling of wind speed over the North Atlantic Ocean using CMIP6 projections: implications for offshore wind power density

JC Fernández-Alvarez, X Costoya, A Pérez-Alarcón… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Offshore wind energy is an important agent to fight climate change. However, it is
simultaneously very sensitive to climate change. This study analyzes the future changes in …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing target areas for precipitating moisture source analysis of extratropical cyclones: An analysis based on case studies

P Coll-Hidalgo, R Nieto, A Pérez-Alarcón, RM Trigo… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Extratropical cyclones (ECs) play an important role in precipitation generation at mid-
latitudes. EC circulation involves multiple precipitation-generating structures, raising …

[HTML][HTML] Overview towards improved understanding of the mechanisms leading to heavy precipitation in the western Mediterranean: lessons learned from HyMeX

S Khodayar, S Davolio, P Di Girolamo… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Heavy precipitation (HP) constitutes a major meteorological threat in the western
Mediterranean (WMed). Every year, recurrent events affect the area with fatal consequences …

The water vapor origin of a rainstorm event in the Taklamakan desert

Y Gong, H Yu, H Hu, J Huang, Y Ren… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In July 2021, the Taklamakan Desert (TD) experienced an unprecedented rainstorm
with daily precipitation exceeding 61.1 mm, triggering mudslides and landslides …

Changes in Moisture Sources of Atmospheric Rivers Landfalling the Iberian Peninsula With WRF‐FLEXPART

JC Fernández‐Alvarez, A Pérez‐Alarcón… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper makes use of a combination of FLEXPART‐WRF simulations forced with ERA5
and the CESM2 model—incorporated in the CMIP6 project—to infer a series of changes …

[HTML][HTML] A component-based approximation for trend detection of intense rainfall in the Spanish Mediterranean coast

JJ Miró, M Lemus-Canovas, R Serrano-Notivoli… - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rainfall behavior is a fundamental issue in areas with scarce and irregular amounts, such as
the Spanish Mediterranean region. We identified 12 spatial patterns that characterized 899 …

[HTML][HTML] Climatology and ranking of hazardous precipitation events in the western Mediterranean area

D Insua-Costa, M Lemus-Cánovas… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The western Mediterranean region often suffers from the devastating effects of flooding,
caused by enormous rain accumulations that sometimes resemble the values produced by …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean area: contrasting two different models for moisture source identification

S Cloux, D Garaboa-Paz, D Insua-Costa… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
Concern about heavy precipitation events has increasingly grown in the last years in
southern Europe, especially in the Mediterranean region. These occasional episodes can …