@article{PenaAnguloNadalRomeroGonzalezHidalgoetal.2019,
  author    = {Pena-Angulo, D. and Nadal-Romero, E. and Gonzalez-Hidalgo, J. C. and Albaladejo, J. and Andreu, V and Bagarello, V and Barhi, H. and Batalla, R. J. and Bernal, S. and Bienes, R. and Campo, J. and Campo-Bescos, M. A. and Canatario-Duarte, A. and Canton, Y. and Casali, J. and Castillo, V and Cerda, Artemi and Cheggour, A. and Cid, Patricio and Cortesi, N. and Desir, G. and Diaz-Pereira, E. and Espigares, T. and Estrany, Joan and Fernandez-Raga, M. and Ferreira, Carla S. S. and Ferro, Vito and Gallart, Francesc and Gimenez, R. and Gimeno, E. and Gomez, J. A. and Gomez-Gutierrez, A. and Gomez-Macpherson, H. and Gonzalez-Pelayo, O. and Hueso-Gonzalez, P. and Kairis, O. and Karatzas, G. P. and Klotz, S. and Kosmas, C. and Lana-Renault, Noemi and Lasanta, T. and Latron, J. and Lazaro, R. and Le Bissonnais, Y. and Le Bouteiller, C. and Licciardello, F. and Lopez-Tarazon, Jos{\´e} Andr{\´e}s and Lucia, A. and Marin, C. and Marques, M. J. and Martinez-Fernandez, J. and Martinez-Mena, M. and Martinez-Murillo, J. F. and Mateos, L. and Mathys, N. and Merino-Martin, L. and Moreno-de las Heras, M. and Moustakas, N. and Nicolau, J. M. and Novara, A. and Pampalone, V and Raclot, D. and Rodriguez-Blanco, M. L. and Rodrigo-Comino, Jes{\´u}s and Romero-Diaz, A. and Roose, E. and Rubio, J. L. and Ruiz-Sinoga, J. D. and Schnabel, S. and Senciales-Gonzalez, J. M. and Simonneaux, V and Sole-Benet, A. and Taguas, E. and Taboada-Castro, M. M. and Taboada-Castro, M. T. and Todisco, Francesca and Ubeda, X. and Varouchakis, E. A. and Vericat, Damia and Wittenberg, L. and Zabaleta, A. and Zorn, M.},
  title     = {Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin},
  series = {Journal of hydrology},
  volume    = {571},
  journal   = {Journal of hydrology},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {Amsterdam},
  issn      = {0022-1694},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.01.059},
  pages     = {390 -- 405},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Soil degradation by water is a serious environmental problem worldwide, with specific climatic factors being the major causes. We investigated the relationships between synoptic atmospheric patterns (i.e. weather types, WTs) and runoff, erosion and sediment yield throughout the Mediterranean basin by analyzing a large database of natural rainfall events at 68 research sites in 9 countries. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to identify spatial relationships of the different WTs including three hydro-sedimentary variables: rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield (SY, used to refer to both soil erosion measured at plot scale and sediment yield registered at catchment scale). The results indicated 4 spatial classes of rainfall and runoff: (a) northern sites dependent on North (N) and North West (NW) flows; (b) eastern sites dependent on E and NE flows; (c) southern sites dependent on S and SE flows; and, finally, (d) western sites dependent on W and SW flows. Conversely, three spatial classes are identified for SY characterized by: (a) N and NE flows in northern sites (b) E flows in eastern sites, and (c) W and SW flows in western sites. Most of the rainfall, runoff and SY occurred during a small number of daily events, and just a few WTs accounted for large percentages of the total. Our results confirm that characterization by WT improves understanding of the general conditions under which runoff and SY occur, and provides useful information for understanding the spatial variability of runoff, and SY throughout the Mediterranean basin. The approach used here could be useful to aid of the design of regional water management and soil conservation measures.},
  language  = {en}
}