North Atlantic oscillation control of droughts in north-east Spain: evaluation since 1600 a.d.

Reconstruction of drought episodes for central Spain from rogation ceremonies recorded at the Toledo Cathedral from 1506 to 1900: A methodological approach

“…Their potential as a climate proxy was recognized by Giralt (1958) and due to their wide time range and their systematic record in the archives of a considerable number of localities of the "Catholic world" (Barriendos, 2005) they have been frequently used (Alvarez Vazquez, 1986;Martin-Vide and Barriendos, 1995;Barriendos, 1997Barriendos, , 2005Piervitali and Colacino, 2001;Romero and Mayer, 2002;Zamora Pastor, 2002;Vicente-Serrano and Cuadrat, 2007;Rodrigo and Barriendos, this volume).…”

“…Filtering of the results by running averages ranging from 5 yr to 31 yr (Martin-Vide and Barriendos, 1995;Bartiendos, 1997Bartiendos, , 2005ZamoId. Pastor, 2002;Vicente-Serrano and Cuadrat. 2007) is a usual technique to mask the high frequency signals and to reveal the long-term trends.…”

A High Resolution Dataset of Drought Indices for Spain

“…Spain is highly affected by droughts [14,15], and various major drought episodes occurred during the 20th century, some of which affected the country for several years [16,17]. Droughts in Spain have severe economic impacts [18], including affecting the availability of water resources [19], causing forest decline and mortality [20,21], reducing vegetation activity [22], and causing failures in crop yields [23].…”

Temperature variability in the Iberian Range since 1602 inferred from tree-ring records

“…Therefore, it is crucial to explore climate proxy data and develop long-term reconstructions of regional temperature variability to evaluate spatial patterns of climatic change and the role of natural and anthropogenic forcings on climate variations (Büntgen et al, 2005). In the IP, much progress has been made to reconstruct past centuries climate variability, including analysis of documentary evidence for temperature (i.e., Camuffo et al, 2010) and drought reconstruction (i.e., Barriendos, 1997;Vicente-Serrano and Cuadrat, 2007;Domínguez-Castro et al, 2010). Additionally, progress has been made in further understanding long-term climate variability in the IP through dendroclimatological studies focussing on drought (Esper et al, 2014;Tejedor et al, 2016) and temperature (Büntgen et al, 2008;Dorado Liñán et al, 2012Esper et al, 2015a).…”