Evidence of increasing drought severity caused by temperature rise in southern Europe

Evidence of increasing drought severity caused by temperature rise in southern Europe

We use high quality climate data from ground meteorological stations in the Iberian Peninsula (IP) and robust drought indices to confirm that drought severity has increased in the past five decades, as a consequence of greater atmospheric evaporative demand resulting from temperature rise. Increased...

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Main Authors: Sergio M Vicente-Serrano, Juan-I Lopez-Moreno, Santiago Beguería, Jorge Lorenzo-Lacruz, Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo, José M García-Ruiz, Cesar Azorin-Molina, Enrique Morán-Tejeda, Jesús Revuelto, Ricardo Trigo, Fatima Coelho, Francisco Espejo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
evapotranspiration
streamflow
climatic change
water resources
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/044001

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/044001

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