Stationarity of Monthly Rainfall Series, Since the Middle of the XIXth Century. Application to the Case of Peninsular Spain

María-Carmen Llasat () and Luis Quintas

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2004, vol. 31, issue 3, 613-622

Abstract: Based on analysis techniques including homogeneity testsand anomalies and trend analysis, a methodology was developed and applied to nine long monthlyrainfall series of the Peninsular Spain (1859–1997). Lying on the basis of a previousspatial regionalization, these series are considered to be representative for this area. Afterstudying the main features of their temporal evolution on a regional scale, results have been comparedto those procured by other studies within the AMHY/FRIEND project of UNESCO for otherMediterranean regions. The conclusions show that there is no significant trendin the series. On the contrary, a common dry period for whole Spain between 1935 and 1955 thatcoincides with a negative anomaly affecting the Western Mediterranean has been found. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004

Keywords: precipitation; regionalization; Spain; temporal analysis; homogeneity; trends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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