This will be achieved by combining the skills of all groups involved in the temporal and statistical analysis of extremes with physical models that will allow a deeper understanding of the atmospheric processes that cause them, and thus the development of better forecasting techniques. This also opens the door to identifying the factors involved in surface hydrological processes and the availability of water resources, and in the occurrence of climatic extremes such as heat waves, droughts and extreme precipitation. In fact, in addition to the analysis of droughts that we are currently working on, we will study in depth the atmospheric factors that determine the occurrence of extreme precipitation events, including meteorological models and possible patterns of future change.

Another line of work is the analysis of the mechanisms that determine changes in atmospheric humidity on a global scale and their relationship with the occurrence of droughts, an aspect in which the drought indicators developed by the CSIC and the Lagrangian models developed by the University of Vigo are combined.

The Associated Unit is part of the Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform on Climate and Climate Services PTI+Clima.

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