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Alexandre M. Ramos

Alexandre M. Ramos

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
7729
World Ranking
5831
National Ranking
27

Overview

Alexandre M. Ramos is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields include Sociology and Political Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alexandre M. Ramos focus on diverse aspects of atmospheric and climate phenomena. These include:

  • A typology of compound weather and climate events (2020), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Responses and impacts of atmospheric rivers to climate change (2020), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Guidelines for Studying Diverse Types of Compound Weather and Climate Events (2021), published in Earth's Future
  • Atmospheric blocking and weather extremes over the Euro-Atlantic sector - a review (2022), published in Weather and Climate Dynamics
  • Increases in Future AR Count and Size: Overview of the ARTMIP Tier 2 CMIP5/6 Experiment (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Ricardo M. Trigo (20 joint publications)
  • Joaquim G. Pinto (9 joint publications)
  • Ana Russo (8 joint publications)
  • Luís Gimeno (8 joint publications)
  • Jonathan J. Rutz (7 joint publications)

The most common venues for their publications include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (5 publications)
  • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (5 publications)
  • International Journal of Climatology (4 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (3 publications)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (3 publications)

In addition to journal articles, Alexandre M. Ramos has contributed to book publications. Notably, a book titled Women in Biogeochemical Dynamics Research: 2022 was published in 2024 by Frontiers Media, although this work has not recorded citations so far.

Best Publications

  • A typology of compound weather and climate events

    Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Olivia Martius;Olivia Martius;Seth Westra;Emanuele Bevacqua

  • Responses and impacts of atmospheric rivers to climate change

    Ashley E. Payne;Marie-Estelle Demory;L. Ruby Leung;Alexandre M. Ramos

  • Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project(ARTMIP): Project Goals and Experimental Design

    Christine A. Shields;Jonathan J. Rutz;Lai-Yung Leung;F. Martin Ralph

  • Major Mechanisms of Atmospheric Moisture Transport and Their Role in Extreme Precipitation Events

    Luis Gimeno;Francina Dominguez;Raquel Nieto;Raquel Nieto;Ricardo Trigo

  • The Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project (ARTMIP): Quantifying Uncertainties in Atmospheric River Climatology

    Jonathan J. Rutz;Christine A. Shields;Juan M. Lora;Ashley E. Payne

  • Daily Precipitation Extreme Events in the Iberian Peninsula and Its Association with Atmospheric Rivers

    Alexandre M. Ramos;Ricardo M. Trigo;Margarida L. R. Liberato;Ricardo Tomé

  • Guidelines for Studying Diverse Types of Compound Weather and Climate Events

    Emanuele Bevacqua;Emanuele Bevacqua;Carlo De Michele;Colin Manning;Anaïs Couasnon

  • Recent progress on the sources of continental precipitation as revealed by moisture transport analysis

    Luis Gimeno;Marta Vázquez;Marta Vázquez;Marta Vázquez;Jorge Eiras-Barca;Jorge Eiras-Barca;Rogert Sorí;Rogert Sorí

  • The ‘Day Zero’ Cape Town drought and the poleward migration of moisture corridors

    Pedro M Sousa;Ross C Blamey;Chris J C Reason;Alexandre M Ramos

  • Recent changes in daily precipitation and surface air temperature extremes in mainland Portugal, in the period 1941-2007

    M. Isabel P. de Lima;Fátima Espírito Santo;Alexandre M. Ramos;Alexandre M. Ramos;João L.M.P. de Lima

  • The Impact of North Atlantic Wind and Cyclone Trends on European Precipitation and Significant Wave Height in the Atlantic

    Ricardo M. Trigo;Ricardo M. Trigo;Maria A. Valente;Isabel F. Trigo;Isabel F. Trigo;Pedro M. A. Miranda

  • The state of climate in NW Iberia

    M. Gómez-Gesteira;L. Gimeno;M. deCastro;M. N. Lorenzo

  • Saharan air intrusions as a relevant mechanism for Iberian heatwaves: The record breaking events of August 2018 and June 2019

    Pedro M. Sousa;David Barriopedro;Alexandre M. Ramos;Ricardo García-Herrera;Ricardo García-Herrera

  • Evolution of extreme temperatures over Portugal: recent changes and future scenarios

    Alexandre M. Ramos;Ricardo M. Trigo;Fátima E. Santo

  • Responses of European precipitation distributions and regimes to different blocking locations

    Pedro M. Sousa;Ricardo M. Trigo;David Barriopedro;David Barriopedro;Pedro M. M. Soares

  • State of the Climate in 2013

    Jessica Blunden;Derek S. Arndt;Kate M. Willett;A. Johannes Dolman

  • Flash floods and landslides in the city of Recife, Northeast Brazil after heavy rain on May 25–28, 2022: Causes, impacts, and disaster preparedness

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  • Weather types and spatial variability of precipitation in the Iberian Peninsula

    Nicola Cortesi;José Carlos Gonzalez-Hidalgo;Ricardo M. Trigo;Alexandre M. Ramos

  • The Influence of Atmospheric Rivers over the South Atlantic on Winter Rainfall in South Africa

    R. C. Blamey;A. M. Ramos;R. M. Trigo;R. Tomé

  • Influence of climate on grape production and wine quality in the Rías Baixas, north-western Spain

    M. N. Lorenzo;J. J. Taboada;J. F. Lorenzo;A. M. Ramos;A. M. Ramos

  • The deadliest storm of the 20th century striking Portugal: Flood impacts and atmospheric circulation

    Ricardo M. Trigo;Catarina Ramos;Susana da Silva Pereira;Alexandre M. Ramos

  • Atmospheric rivers moisture sources from a Lagrangian perspective

    Alexandre M. Ramos;Raquel Nieto;Ricardo Tomé;Luis Gimeno

  • Atmospheric Blocking and Weather Extremes over the Euro-Atlantic Sector – A Review

    Lisa-Ann Kautz;Olivia Martius;Stephan Pfahl;Joaquim G. Pinto

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo M. Trigo
Ricardo M. Trigo University of Lisbon
Margarida L. R. Liberato
Margarida L. R. Liberato University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Luis Gimeno
Luis Gimeno Universidade de Vigo
Raquel Nieto
Raquel Nieto Universidade de Vigo
Célia M. Gouveia
Célia M. Gouveia Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Joaquim G. Pinto
Joaquim G. Pinto Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
José Luís Zêzere
José Luís Zêzere University of Lisbon
David A. Lavers
David A. Lavers European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
F. Martin Ralph
F. Martin Ralph University of California, San Diego
David Barriopedro
David Barriopedro Complutense University of Madrid

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