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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3393-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3393-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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23 Aug 2016
Research article |
| 23 Aug 2016
Recent changes and drivers of the atmospheric evaporative demand in the Canary Islands
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE–CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
Cesar Azorin-Molina
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE–CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE–CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
Ahmed El Kenawy
Department of Geography, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Natalia Martín-Hernández
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE–CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
Marina Peña-Gallardo
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE–CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
Santiago Beguería
Estación Experimental Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEAD-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
Miquel Tomas-Burguera
Estación Experimental Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEAD-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Quantitative effects of changes in agricultural irrigation on potential evaporation C. Han et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14057
- The uneven impact of climate change on drought with elevation in the Canary Islands J. Carrillo et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00358-7
- Trends in atmospheric evaporative demand in Great Britain using high-resolution meteorological data E. Robinson et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1189-2017
- Island water stress: analyzing the Canary Islands’ hydrological response to climate change J. Santamarta et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-026-15219-y
- Recent changes of relative humidity: regional connections with land and ocean processes S. Vicente-Serrano et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-915-2018
- Analysis the characterization of climate change and its impacts on smallholder farmers in Eastern Ethiopia G. Asefa Bogale https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20293
- Groundwater exploitation, sustainability, and nature-based engineering: a socioenvironmental analysis of hydraulic closures in water galleries on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) J. Batista-Medina et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2026.2667113
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- Spatio‐temporal variability of daily precipitation concentration in Spain based on a high‐resolution gridded data set R. Serrano‐Notivoli et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5387
- Unraveling the influence of atmospheric evaporative demand on drought and its response to climate change S. Vicente‐Serrano et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.632
10 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Quantitative effects of changes in agricultural irrigation on potential evaporation C. Han et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14057
- The uneven impact of climate change on drought with elevation in the Canary Islands J. Carrillo et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00358-7
- Trends in atmospheric evaporative demand in Great Britain using high-resolution meteorological data E. Robinson et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1189-2017
- Island water stress: analyzing the Canary Islands’ hydrological response to climate change J. Santamarta et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-026-15219-y
- Recent changes of relative humidity: regional connections with land and ocean processes S. Vicente-Serrano et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-915-2018
- Analysis the characterization of climate change and its impacts on smallholder farmers in Eastern Ethiopia G. Asefa Bogale https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20293
- Groundwater exploitation, sustainability, and nature-based engineering: a socioenvironmental analysis of hydraulic closures in water galleries on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) J. Batista-Medina et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2026.2667113
- Revisiting precipitation variability, trends and drivers in the Canary Islands A. Sánchez‐Benítez et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4937
- Spatio‐temporal variability of daily precipitation concentration in Spain based on a high‐resolution gridded data set R. Serrano‐Notivoli et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5387
- Unraveling the influence of atmospheric evaporative demand on drought and its response to climate change S. Vicente‐Serrano et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.632
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Short summary
In this work we analyse the recent evolution and meteorological drivers of the atmospheric evaporative demand in the Canary Islands. We found that the reference evapotranspiration increased by 18.2 mm decade−1 – on average – between 1961 and 2013, with the highest increase recorded during summer. This increase was mainly driven by changes in the aerodynamic component, caused by a statistically significant reduction of the relative humidity.
In this work we analyse the recent evolution and meteorological drivers of the atmospheric...
