Journal
ATMOSPHERE
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/atmos11030282
Keywords
NAO; pro-pluvia rogation ceremonies; proxy; drought; documentary sources
Funding
- Department of Economy and Infrastructure of the Junta of Extremadura (European Regional Development Fund) [IB16127, GR18097]
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of the Spanish Government [CGL2017-87917-P, CGL2017-83866-C3-1-R]
- Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades) of the Spanish Government [PRE2018-084897]
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Rogation ceremonies are religious requests to God. Pro-pluvia rogations were celebrated during dry conditions to ask God for rain. In this work, we have recovered 37 pro-pluvia rogations from 14 documentary sources (e.g.,: ecclesiastical manuscripts, books, and different magazines and newspapers). All of the rogations were celebrated in Extremadura region (interior of southwest of Spain) during the period 1824-1931. Climate of Extremadura is strongly dominated by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Therefore, pro-pluvia rogations have been associated to the NAO index and the relationship between them has been analyzed. The most relevant results are found in the relationship between pro-pluvia rogations in month n and the positive values of the NAO index for months n-1 and n-2, being statistically significant at 95% confidence level. Thus, the results evidence that the rogation ceremonies of Extremadura are a good proxy for the NAO index.
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