A high-resolution spatial assessment of the impacts of drought variability on vegetation activity in Spain from 1981 to 2015

Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M.; Azorin-Molina, Cesar; Peña-Gallardo, Marina; Tomas-Burguera, Miquel; Domínguez-Castro, Fernando; Martín-Hernández, Natalia; Beguería, Santiago; El Kenawy, Ahmed; Noguera, Iván; García, Mónica

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1189-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1189-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-1189-2019

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Articles | Volume 19, issue 6

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17 Jun 2019

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| 17 Jun 2019

A high-resolution spatial assessment of the impacts of drought variability on vegetation activity in Spain from 1981 to 2015

Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, Cesar Azorin-Molina, Marina Peña-Gallardo, Miquel Tomas-Burguera, Fernando Domínguez-Castro, Natalia Martín-Hernández, Santiago Beguería, Ahmed El Kenawy, Iván Noguera, and Mónica García

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RC1: 'Comments to "High-resolution spatial assessment of the impacts of drought variability on vegetation activity in Spain from 1981 to 2015"', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Sergio Martín Vicente Serrano, 31 Jan 2019
RC2: 'Comments to the manuscript "A high-resolution spatial ass essment of the impacts of drought variability on vegetation activity in Spain from 1981 to 2015"', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Sergio Martín Vicente Serrano, 31 Jan 2019

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (25 Feb 2019) by Chris Reason

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 May 2019) by Chris Reason

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 May 2019) by Chris Reason

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Drought is a major driver of vegetation activity in Spain. Here we used a high-resolution remote-sensing dataset spanning the period from 1981 to 2015 to assess the sensitivity of 23 vegetation types to drought across Spain. Results demonstrate that vegetation activity is controlled largely by the interannual variability of drought. Nevertheless, there are some considerable spatio-temporal variations, which can be linked to differences in land cover and aridity conditions.