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Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers in Extreme Precipitation on the European Macaronesian Islands
- Source :
- Atmosphere, Vol 9, Iss 8, p 325 (2018), Atmosphere, Volume 9, Issue 8
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2018.
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Abstract
- The European Macaronesia Archipelagos (Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands) are struck frequently by extreme precipitation events. Here we present a comprehensive assessment on the relationship between atmospheric rivers and extreme precipitation events in these three Atlantic Archipelagos. The relationship between the daily precipitation from the various weather stations located in the different Macaronesia islands and the occurrence of atmospheric rivers (obtained from four different reanalyses datasets) are analysed. It is shown that the atmospheric rivers&rsquo<br />influence over extreme precipitation (above the 90th percentile) is higher in the Azores islands when compared to Madeira or Canary Islands. In Azores, for the most extreme precipitation days, the presence of atmospheric rivers is particularly significant (up to 50%), while for Madeira, the importance of the atmospheric rivers is reduced (between 30% and 40%). For the Canary Islands, the occurrence of atmospheric rivers on extreme precipitation is even lower.
- Subjects :
- 021110 strategic, defence & security studies
Atmospheric Science
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
extreme precipitation
0211 other engineering and technologies
atmospheric rivers
02 engineering and technology
lcsh:QC851-999
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
01 natural sciences
macaronesian archipelagos
Archipelago
Environmental science
lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology
Physical geography
Precipitation
extended winter months
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20734433
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Atmosphere
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9e79abe3c7ecac559ebdb7450111c991
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9080325