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Tramblay et al. (2018) Future evolution of extreme precipitation in the Mediterranean
This study evaluates the hourly precipitation performance of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for 45 extreme precipitation events (EPEs) in northeastern Spain, classifying events by their hourly distribution and testing various microphysics and planetary boundary layer (PBL) parameterizations. It finds that microphysics schemes are more critical than PBL schemes, with Goddard and Thompson microphysics combined with MYNN PBL generally performing better, though no single optimal combination exists for all event types.
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Vide et al. (2018) The 1962 flash flood in the Rubí stream (Barcelona, Spain)
This paper re-evaluates the 1962 Rubí flash flood, Spain's deadliest, by synthesizing existing information to clarify that while not an outlier in standard hydrological metrics, its extreme flood levels were primarily driven by massive sediment transport in a steep, ephemeral stream.
