1. Assistant Professor, E.T.S.I. Caminos, Univ. de Castilla La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain; formerly, Ph.D. Student, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (UIB-CSIC), 07190 Esporles, Spain.
2. Ramón y Cajal Program Researcher, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; formerly, Associate Professor, E.T.S.I. Caminos, Univ. de Castilla La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain (corresponding author).
3. Tenured Scientist, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (UIB-CSIC), 07190 Esporles, Spain.
4. Chief of Studies and Development, Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia AEMET, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
5. Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853; and Chair Professor, Institute of Hydrological and Ocean Sciences, National Central Univ., Taipei 10617, Taiwan.