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Rankings of extreme and widespread dry and wet events in the Iberian Peninsula between 1901 and 2016
Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de
Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Irene Montero
Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de
Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Célia Gouveia
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera Lisboa, 1749-077 Lisbon, Portugal
Ana Russo
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Alexandre M. Ramos
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Ricardo M. Trigo
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa,
1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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Extensive, long-standing dry and wet episodes are frequent climatic extreme events (EEs) in the Iberian Peninsula (IP). A method for ranking regional extremes of persistent, widespread drought and wet events is presented, using different SPEI timescales. Results show that there is no region more prone to EE occurrences in the IP, the most extreme extensive agricultural droughts evolve into hydrological and more persistent extreme droughts, and widespread wet and dry EEs are anti-correlated.
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