Local and remote moisture sources for extreme precipitation:  a study of the two catastrophic 1982 western  Mediterranean episodes

Insua-Costa, Damián; Miguez-Macho, Gonzalo; Llasat, María Carmen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3885-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3885-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3885-2019

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24 Sep 2019

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| 24 Sep 2019

Local and remote moisture sources for extreme precipitation: a study of the two catastrophic 1982 western Mediterranean episodes

Damián Insua-Costa, Gonzalo Miguez-Macho, and María Carmen Llasat

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RC1: 'Review of “Local and remote moisture sources for extreme precipitation: a study of the two famous 1982 Western Mediterranean episodes”.', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee 1 (R1)', Damián Insua Costa, 01 Mar 2019
RC2: 'Reviewer's comments on: 'Local and remote moisture sources for extreme precipitation: a study of the two famous 1982 Western Mediterranean episodes' by Damian Insta-Costa et al.', Oreste Reale, 04 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Oreste Reale (R2)', Damián Insua Costa, 01 Mar 2019
- AC3: 'Correction of the response to Oreste Reale (R2)', Damián Insua Costa, 09 Mar 2019

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (13 May 2019) by Giuseppe Tito Aronica

AR by Damián Insua Costa on behalf of the Authors (28 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Jul 2019) by Giuseppe Tito Aronica

RR by Oreste Reale (19 Jul 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (22 Jul 2019)

ED: Publish as is (31 Jul 2019) by Giuseppe Tito Aronica

Short summary

Here, we study the main moisture sources of the two famous western Mediterranean flood events of autumn 1982 (October and November). Results confirm the hypothesis that a large amount of precipitable water was involved, which was to a great extent advected from the tropics and subtropics. This remote moisture transport occurred at medium levels of the atmosphere via moisture plumes or atmospheric rivers. During the October event the contribution of local sources was also important.