Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-223-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-223-2026
Research article
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28 Jan 2026
Research article |  | 28 Jan 2026

Linking European droughts to year-round weather regimes

Onaïa Savary, Constantin Ardilouze, and Julien Cattiaux

Data sets

WR-and-european-droughts Onaïa Savary https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18161965

Model code and software

OnaiaSavary/WR-and-european-droughts: V1 Onaïa Savary https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18339788

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Short summary
We investigate the link between European meteorological droughts and persistent year-round weather regimes derived from mid-tropospheric circulation. Using a novel regionalization based on drought synchronicity and reanalysis data, we show that regime frequency anomalies partly explain drought occurrence, especially in western Europe and in winter, highlighting both the potential and limits of regime-based drought prediction.
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