Flash Drought Response to Precipitation and Atmospheric Evaporative Demand in Spain

Atmospheric Response to 1988 Drought Conditions and Future Climate Implications

Precipitation Response to the Gulf Stream in an Atmospheric GCM*

The precipitation response to sea surface temperature (SST) gradients associated with the Gulf Stream is investigated using an atmospheric general circulation model. Forced by observed SST, the model simulates a narrow band of precipitation, surface convergence, and evaporation that closely follows the Gulf Stream, much like satellite observations. Such a Gulf Stream rainband disappears in the ...

REE behavior during evaporative precipitation in a severely affected-AMD creek (SW Spain)

The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) covers a vast part of the SW of Spain and Portugal. This region is rich in sulfide deposits which have been exploited intensively. As a consequence, there is a large number of sources of acid mine drainages, characterized by very extreme pH conditions and high pollution load. Waters affected by acid mine drainage (AMD) can contain high concentrations of rare earth ...

Stomatal response of an anisohydric grapevine cultivar to evaporative demand, available soil moisture and abscisic acid.

Stomatal responsiveness to evaporative demand (air vapour pressure deficit (VPD)) ranges widely between species and cultivars, and mechanisms for stomatal control in response to VPD remain obscure. The interaction of irrigation and soil moisture with VPD on stomatal conductance is particularly difficult to predict, but nevertheless is critical to instantaneous transpiration and vulnerability to...

Drought Management Strategies in Spain

The ongoing debate on water policies in Spain is characterised by a traditional paradigm, dominated by the intervention on hydrological systems through the construction and management of infrastructure, which is progressively being abandoned but is currently still strong while the emergence of new management approaches. Climate change and the Water Framework Directive (WFD) are, in addition, th...