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Spain
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
84
Citations
35455
World Ranking
773
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Juan I. López-Moreno is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with notable contributions across various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Water Science and Technology, and Ecology.

The main topics of their work encompass:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Climate variability and models
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses

Selected publications by Juan I. López-Moreno include:

  • "Long-term trends (1958-2017) in snow cover duration and depth in the Pyrenees," published in 2020 in the International Journal of Climatology
  • "Intercomparison of measurements of bulk snow density and water equivalent of snow cover with snow core samplers: Instrumental bias and variability induced by observers," published in 2020 in Hydrological Processes

Additional relevant papers related to the research context include works published in 2020 and 2021 such as:

  • "Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees: An interdisciplinary approach," 2020, CATENA
  • "Intercomparison of UAV platforms for mapping snow depth distribution in complex alpine terrain," 2021, Cold Regions Science and Technology
  • "The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on surface urban heat island changes and air-quality improvements across 21 major cities in the Middle East," 2021, Environmental Pollution

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Juan I. López-Moreno include:

  • Esteban Alonso-González
  • Jesús Revuelto
  • Ixeia Vidaller
  • José M. García-Ruiz
  • Simon Gascoin

Their work has been published prominently in several venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Cryosphere
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Hydrological Processes

Best Publications

  • A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index

    Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Santiago Beguería;Juan I. López-Moreno

  • Response of vegetation to drought time-scales across global land biomes

    Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Célia Gouveia;Célia Gouveia;Jesús Julio Camarero;Santiago Beguería

  • Mediterranean water resources in a global change scenario

    José M. García-Ruiz;J. Ignacio López-Moreno;Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Teodoro Lasanta–Martínez

  • Performance of Drought Indices for Ecological, Agricultural, and Hydrological Applications

    Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Santiago Beguería;Jorge Lorenzo-Lacruz;Jesús Julio Camarero

  • Evidence of increasing drought severity caused by temperature rise in southern Europe

    Sergio M Vicente-Serrano;Juan-I Lopez-Moreno;Santiago Beguería;Jorge Lorenzo-Lacruz

  • A New Global 0.5° Gridded Dataset (1901–2006) of a Multiscalar Drought Index: Comparison with Current Drought Index Datasets Based on the Palmer Drought Severity Index

    S. M. Vicente-Serrano;S. Beguería;J. I. López-Moreno;M. Angulo

  • Climate change and mountain water resources: overview and recommendations for research, management and policy

    Daniel Viviroli;Daniel Viviroli;D R Archer;W Buytaert;H J Fowler

  • The European mountain cryosphere: a review of its current state, trends, and future challenges

    Martin Beniston;Daniel Farinotti;Daniel Farinotti;Markus Stoffel;Liss M. Andreassen

  • Accurate Computation of a Streamflow Drought Index

    Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Juan I. López-Moreno;Santiago Beguería;Jorge Lorenzo-Lacruz

  • The impact of droughts and water management on various hydrological systems in the headwaters of the Tagus River (central Spain)

    J. Lorenzo-Lacruz;S.M. Vicente-Serrano;J.I. López-Moreno;S. Beguería

  • Hydrological response to different time scales of climatological drought: an evaluation of the Standardized Precipitation Index in a mountainous Mediterranean basin

    S. M. Vicente-Serrano;S. M. Vicente-Serrano;J. I. López-Moreno

  • Contribution of precipitation and reference evapotranspiration to drought indices under different climates

    Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Gerard Van der Schrier;Santiago Beguería;Cesar Azorin-Molina

  • Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on combined temperature and precipitation winter modes in the Mediterranean mountains: Observed relationships and projections for the 21st century

    J.I. López-Moreno;S.M. Vicente-Serrano;E. Morán-Tejeda;J. Lorenzo-Lacruz

  • Assessing the effect of climate oscillations and land-use changes on streamflow in the central Spanish Pyrenees.

    Santiago Beguería;Juan I. López-Moreno;Adrián Lorente;Manuel Seeger

  • Arabidopsis SHMT1, a serine hydroxymethyltransferase that functions in the photorespiratory pathway influences resistance to biotic and abiotic stress.

    Juan Ignacio Moreno;Raquel Martín;Carmen Castresana

  • Impact of climate evolution and land use changes on water yield in the ebro basin

    J. I. López-Moreno;S. M. Vicente-Serrano;E. Moran-Tejeda;J. Zabalza

  • Environmental change and water management in the Pyrenees: Facts and future perspectives for Mediterranean mountains

    J.I. López-Moreno;Martin Beniston;J.M. García-Ruiz

  • Homogenization and Assessment of Observed Near-Surface Wind Speed Trends over Spain and Portugal, 1961–2011*

    Cesar Azorin-Molina;Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Tim R. McVicar;Sonia Jerez

  • Comment on “Characteristics and trends in various forms of the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) during 1900–2008” by Aiguo Dai

    Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Santiago Beguería;Juan I. López-Moreno

  • Recent trends in Iberian streamflows (1945–2005)

    J. Lorenzo-Lacruz;S.M. Vicente-Serrano;J.I. López-Moreno;E. Morán-Tejeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano Spanish National Research Council
Enrique Morán-Tejeda
Enrique Morán-Tejeda University of the Balearic Islands
Santiago Beguería
Santiago Beguería Spanish National Research Council
Jesús Revuelto
Jesús Revuelto Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Cesar Azorin-Molina
Cesar Azorin-Molina Spanish National Research Council
José María García-Ruiz
José María García-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Ahmed El Kenawy
Ahmed El Kenawy Mansoura University
Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo
Arturo Sanchez-Lorenzo University of Extremadura
Raquel Nieto
Raquel Nieto Universidade de Vigo
Luis Gimeno
Luis Gimeno Universidade de Vigo

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