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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
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Local and remote moisture sources for extreme precipitation: a study of the two catastrophic 1982 western Mediterranean episodes
Damián Insua-Costa
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Non-Linear Physics Group, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Gonzalo Miguez-Macho
Non-Linear Physics Group, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
María Carmen Llasat
Department of Applied Physics, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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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.
Here, we study the main moisture sources of the two famous western Mediterranean flood events of...