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Recent decrease in summer precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula closely links to reduction in local moisture recycling
Yubo Liu
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes,
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Monica Garcia
Research Center for the Management of Environmental and Agricultural Risks (CEIGRAM), E. T. S. de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avda. Senda del Rey, 13, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research (SDC), 8000 Aarhus C,
Denmark
Chi Zhang
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes,
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China
Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes,
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Our findings indicate that the reduction in contribution to the Iberian Peninsula (IP) summer precipitation is mainly concentrated in the IP and its neighboring grids. Compared with 1980–1997, both local recycling and external moisture were reduced during 1998–2019. The reduction in local recycling in the IP closely links to the disappearance of the wet years and the decreasing contribution in the dry years.
Our findings indicate that the reduction in contribution to the Iberian Peninsula (IP) summer...