High temporal variability not trend dominates Mediterranean precipitation
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · Universidad de Zaragoza · +50 more institutions
Abstract
State-of-the-art climate models project a substantial decline in precipitation for the Mediterranean region in the future1. Supporting this notion, several studies based on observed precipitation data spanning recent decades have suggested a decrease in Mediterranean precipitation2–4, with some attributing a large fraction of this change to anthropogenic influences3,5. Conversely, certain researchers have underlined that Mediterranean precipitation exhibits considerable spatiotemporal variability driven by atmospheric circulation patterns6,7 maintaining stationarity over the long term8,9. These conflicting perspectives underscore the need for a comprehensive assessment of precipitation changes in this region,…
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- 66.38
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- 78
Authors
68- SMSergio M. Vicente‐SerranoCorresponding
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
- YTYves Tramblay
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
- FRFergus Reig
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
- JCJosé Carlos González Hidalgo
Universidad de Zaragoza
- SBSantiago Beguerı́a
Universidad de Zaragoza, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei
Topics & keywords
- Precipitation
- Mediterranean climate
- Environmental science
- Climatology
- Physical geography
- Geography
- Geology
- Meteorology
- Climate action