January 2016
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Escorihuela et al. (2016) Comparison of remote sensing and simulated soil moisture datasets in Mediterranean landscapes
This study compares three global satellite soil moisture products (ASCAT, AMSR, SMOS) against a Land Surface Model (LSM) over Mediterranean landscapes in the Northeast Iberian Peninsula, finding that product performance is highly dependent on the normalization method and land cover, with SMOS uniquely capable of detecting irrigation signals.
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Drobinski et al. (2016) Scaling precipitation extremes with temperature in the Mediterranean: past climate assessment and projection in anthropogenic scenarios
This study assesses the scaling relationship between precipitation extremes and temperature (P-T scaling) in the Mediterranean using an ensemble of regional climate models (RCMs) from HyMeX/MED-CORDEX. The P-T scaling exhibits a robust "hook shape" (Clausius–Clapeyron (CC) scaling at low temperatures, negative slope at high temperatures), but projections show that the overall change in extremes under the RCP8.5 scenario follows the CC law, implying that the Mediterranean Sea acts as a moisture source maintaining constant relative humidity despite regional warming.