RT Journal Article
T1 Upper-Level Mediterranean Oscillation index and seasonal variability of rainfall and temperature
A1 Redolat, Dario
A1 Monjo Agut, Robert
A1 Lopez-Bustins, Joan A.
A1 Martin-Vide, Javier
AB The need for early seasonal forecasts stimulates continuous research in climate teleconnections. The large variability of the Mediterranean climate presents a greater difficulty in predicting climate anomalies. This article reviews teleconnection indices commonly used for the Mediterranean basin and explores possible extensions of one of them, the Mediterranean Oscillation index (MOi). In particular, the anomalies of the geopotential height field at 500 hPa are analyzed using segmentation of the Mediterranean basin in seven spatial windows: three at eastern and four at western. That is, different versions of an Upper-Level Mediterranean Oscillation index (ULMOi) were calculated, and monthly and annual variability of precipitation and temperature were analyzed for 53 observatories from 1951 to 2015. Best versions were selected according to the Pearson correlation, its related p-value, and two measures of standardized error. The combination of the Balearic Sea and Libya/Egypt windows was the best for precipitation and temperature, respectively. The ULMOi showed the highest predictive ability in combination with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation index (AMOi) for the annual temperature throughout the Mediterranean basin. The best model built from the indices presented a final mean error between 15% and 25% in annual precipitation for most of the studied area.
PB Springer
SN 0177-798X
YR 2019
FD 2019-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12465
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/12465
LA eng
NO Unión Europea. Horizonte 2020
NO Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025