Luana Sofia Cardoso dos Santos (841C-31A9-10CC)

Curriculum Vitae

Luana Sofia Cardoso dos Santos

Luana Santos is a PhD student at the Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon (IDL-FCUL). She completed her MSc in Geophysical Sciences in 2023, specializing in meteorology and oceanography at FCUL. Since 2019, she has been working at IDL in a multidisciplinary environment, contributing to national and international projects such as CEASEFIRE, RNA2100, FireCast, MEDCYCLONES, AIClimate@EU, and LUCAS (EURO-CORDEX). Her early research focused on wildfire assessment in Portugal, using statistical methods to analyze fire distributions and meteorological fire hazard. Later, she expanded her work to study the role of wind direction in large fire events, resulting in research presented in peer-reviewed publications. She has also been involved in numerical modeling studies of extreme weather events such as Hurricanes Ophelia and Leslie, investigating their atmospheric conditions and landfall impacts. Her current research interests focus on climate modeling and land cover change, particularly its role in extreme weather and climate events. She integrates numerical modeling techniques and observational data to assess land-atmosphere interactions and their influence on climate extremes such as heat waves, droughts, and wildfires. Beyond scientific research, she has participated in various science communication events, workshops, and training schools, and is actively engaged in knowledge dissemination and collaboration.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Luana Sofia Cardoso dos Santos
Gender: Female

Citation names

Luana C. Santos
Santos, L. C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 841C-31A9-10CC
ORCID iD: 0009-0004-3319-7134
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HJKWwssAAAAJ&hl
Scopus Author Id: 58162805800

Email addresses

lssantos@ciencias.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Meteorology
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Climatic Research
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2023/09 - 2027/09 Ongoing	Ciências Geofísicas e da Geoinformação (Doutoramento) Major in Meteorologia Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Land Use Changes and Atmosphere Feedbacks in an Evolving Climate" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2020/09 - 2023/07 Concluded	Ciências Geofísicas (Mestrado) Major in Meteorology and Oceanography Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "The role of wind direction on the occurrence of large fire events in Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18 (class A in EECC scale)
2017/09 - 2020/07 Concluded	Meteorologia, Oceanografia e Geofísica (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Fogos rurais em Portugal uma análise da base de dados oficial para o período 1980-2019" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17 (class A in EECC scale)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/07 - Current	Researcher (Research)	FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023 - 2024	RNA2100 - Roteiro Nacional para a Adaptação 2100 – Avaliação da vulnerabilidade do território Português às alterações climáticas no século XXI European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal	Concluded
2019/07 - 2023/04	CEASEFIRE: Envio e disseminação de alertas automatizados de gestão de perigo meteorológico de incêndio CEASEFIRE: Envio e disseminação de alertas automatizados de gestão de perigo meteorológico de incêndio Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal	FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências NAVIGATOR FOREST PORTUGAL Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/09/18 - 2027/09/17	EARTHSYSTEMS FCT - Doctoral Program UI/BD/154675/2023 PhD Student Fellow Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2023/04 - Current	European network for Mediterranean cyclones in weather and climate (MEDCYCLONES) CA19109 Researcher European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference poster	Luana C. Santos; Pedro M. M. Soares; Elena Gracía-Bustamante; Rita M. Cardoso. Corresponding author: Luana C. Santos. "Impacts of forestation on land-atmosphere coupling during extreme heat events: Insights from the LUCAS Phase 1 experiment". Paper presented in Dhefeus & AIClimate@EU 1st workshop, 2024. Luana C. Santos; Miguel M. Lima; Pedro M. M. Soares; Ricardo M. Trigo; Rita M. Cardoso; Carlos C. DaCamara. Corresponding author: Luana C. Santos. "High-Resolution Simulation of the Extreme Fire Event in Central Portugal, Pedrogão Grande (2017)". Paper presented in Earth Systems Summer School 2024, 2024. Miguel M. Lima; Luana C. Santos; Rita M. Cardoso; Pedro M. M. Soares; Ricardo M. Trigo. Corresponding author: Miguel M. Lima. "Langragian analysis of the extreme-windstorm dynamics associated to post-tropical cyclone Leslie landfall in Portugal". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024, 2024. 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-599 Luana C. Santos; Miguel M. Lima; Pedro M. M. Soares; Ricardo M. Trigo; Rita M. Cardoso; Carlos C. DaCamara. Corresponding author: Luana C. Santos. "High-Resolution Simulation of the Extreme Fire Event in Central Portugal, Pedrogão Grande (2017)". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024, 2024. 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-708 Lima, Miguel; Luana C. Santos; Cardoso, Rita M; Pedro M.M. Soares; Ricardo M Trigo. Corresponding author: Lima, Miguel. "The extreme windstorm associated with the landfall of Post-Tropical Leslie in Portugal". Paper presented in 2nd MedCyclones Workshop & 9th European Storm Workshop, 2023. Luana C. Santos; Lima, Miguel; Cardoso, Rita M; Pedro M.M. Soares; Ricardo M Trigo. Corresponding author: Luana C. Santos. "The October 2017 Portuguese wildfires The influence of Hurricane Ophelia in the extreme atmospheric instability and wind field". Paper presented in 2nd MedCyclones Workshop & 9th European Storm Workshop, 2023.
Journal article	Miguel M. Lima; Luana C. Santos; Albenis Pérez-Alarcon; Pedro M. M. Soares; Ricardo M. Trigo; Rita M. Cardoso. Corresponding author: Miguel M. Lima. "Lagrangian analysis of the sting-jet dynamics associated with cyclone Leslie (2018)". Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2025): Under revision Virgilio A. Bento; Daniela C.A. Lima; Luana C. Santos; Miguel M. Lima; Ana Russo; Silvia A. Nunes; Carlos C. DaCamara; Ricardo M. Trigo; Pedro M.M. Soares. "The future of extreme meteorological fire danger under climate change scenarios for Iberia". Weather and Climate Extremes (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2023.100623. 10.1016/j.wace.2023.100623 Luana C. Santos; Lima, Miguel; Bento, Virgílio; Nunes, Sílvia; DaCamara, Carlos C; Ana C. Russo; Pedro M.M. Soares; Ricardo M Trigo. Corresponding author: Luana C. Santos. "An Evaluation of the Atmospheric Instability Effect on Wildfire Danger Using ERA5 over the Iberian Peninsula". Fire 6 3 (2023): 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6030120. 10.3390/fire6030120 Bento, Virgílio; Lima, Daniela C.A.; Luana C. Santos; Lima, Miguel; Russo, A.; Nunes, Sílvia; DaCamara, Carlos C; Trigo, Ricardo; Pedro M.M. Soares. Corresponding author: Bento, Virgílio. "The future of extreme meteorological fire risk under climate change scenarios for Iberia". Weather and Climate Extremes 42 (2023): 100623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2023.100623. Published
Report	Dias, Luís Filipe; Mendonça dos Santos, Franciane; Sílvia Carvalho; Cardoso, Rita M; Virgílio A. Bento; Luana C. Santos; Nunes, João Pedro; et al. 2024. National Roadmap for Adaptation 2100: Portuguese Territorial Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for XXI Century – Report WP4: Sectoral Impacts Modelling – Hydrological Balance & Agroforestry (Portugal Mainland). 10.5281/zenodo.13919119 Pedro M.M. Soares; Dias, Luís Filipe; Lemos, Gil; Bento, Virgílio; Lima, Daniela C.A.; Antunes, Carlos; Carolina Rocha; et al. 2024. National Roadmap for Adaptation 2100: Portuguese Territorial Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for XXI Century – Report WP7: Regional Adaptation Storylines. 10.5281/zenodo.13920096 Pedro M.M. Soares; Dias, Luís Filipe; Lemos, Gil; Bento, Virgílio; Lima, Daniela C.A.; Antunes, Carlos; Carolina Rocha; et al. 2024. National Roadmap for Adaptation 2100: Portuguese Territorial Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for XXI Century - Report WP5: Measures and Costs of Adaptation. 10.5281/zenodo.13920018 Virgílio A. Bento; DaCamara, Carlos C; Ana C. Russo; Lima, Daniela C.A.; Nunes, Sílvia A.; Cardoso, Rita M; Lima, Miguel; et al. 2024. National Roadmap for Adaptation 2100: Portuguese Territorial Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for XXI Century – Report WP4: Sectoral Impacts Modelling – Forest Fires. 10.5281/zenodo.13919821

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/01/23	Forestation impacts on land-atmosphere coupling during compound extreme heat events using the LUCAS Phase 1 experiment results	XIII Congreso Internacional de la AEC Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias Físicas (El Escorial, Spain)
2024/11/15	The impact of different conditions and numerical parametrization schemes in the tracking of Hurricane Leslie (2018)	3ª Workshop NWP PORTUGAL - Previsão Numérica em Portugal 2024 Instituto Dom Luiz (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/05/17	Pedrogão Grande, June 2017. An Extreme Fire Event.	IDL-RG1 Seminars 2022-2023 Instituto Dom Luiz (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/04/19	The extreme windstorm associated with the landfall of post-tropical cyclone Leslie in Portugal.	IDL-RG1 Seminars 2022-2023 Instituto Dom Luiz (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/03/22	The extreme windstorm associated to the landfall of Hurricane Leslie (2018) in Portugal.	12º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica e XXI Encontro Luso-Espanhol de Meteorologia Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/03/22	Pedrogão Grande, June 2017. An extreme event.	12º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica e XXI Encontro Luso-Espanhol de Meteorologia Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/03/22	Projecções de risco de incêndio meteorológico em condições de alterações climáticas na Península Ibérica.	12º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica e XXI Encontro Luso-Espanhol de Meteorologia Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/02/28	FWI e instabilidade atmosférica em cenários do clima futuro.	Workshop final do projeto FireCast Instituto Dom Luiz (Lisbon, Portugal)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/02/28 - 2023/02/28	Voluntary in the organizing committee. This workshop had the objective of disseminating and discussing the products developed within the scope of the project. (2023/02/28 - 2023/02/28) Workshop (Other)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
2021/10/12 - 2021/10/17	FIC.A, Festival Internacional de Ciência 2021, Oeiras. Voluntary as communicator in the Dom Luiz Institute stand on the Faculty of Sciences tent. Communication on the science behind extreme events impacting the Iberian Peninsula. (2021/10/12 - 2021/10/17) Festival (Other)	Oeiras Valley, Município de Oeiras, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/02	Voluntary in the organizing committee of the National Meeting about Research on Climate Change. Responsible for welcoming guests and organizing the entrance to the event. (2020/02 - 2020/02) Meeting (Other)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2025/01/21 - 2025/01/24	General meeting with the aim of grouping those interested in climate science. Every year the association holds scientific meetings to exchange ideas and promote initiatives to understand the climate and its variability. Congress	XIII Congreso Internacional de la AEC. Universidad Complutense de Madrid Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Spain Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, Spain
2024/11/14 - 2024/11/15	NWP Portugal 2024 workshop aimed to disseminate research on numerical forecasting in Portugal, foster new collaborations, and exchange ideas and expertise that could enhance IPMA’s operational activities and meteorological research. It also pretended to attract new students to the field, increasing visibility for this core area of Operational Meteorology. Workshop	3ª Workshop NWP PORTUGAL - Previsão Numérica em Portugal 2024 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
2024/11/13 - 2024/11/13	AIClimate@EU workshop fostered knowledge exchange on cascading weather and climate events, particularly droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, and pollution across Europe. It facilitated collaboration between NordSTAR (OsloMet, NO) and Instituto Dom Luiz (Univ. Lisbon, PT), promoting climate data sharing and AI methods to enhance understanding of these events. The workshop also ensured result dissemination and encouraged future joint research initiatives. Workshop	Dhefeus & AIClimate@EU 1st workshop Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal
2024/07/14 - 2024/07/19	The summer school included lectures, hands-on sessions and field trips on various topics of Earth Systems. The focus was on the dynamics of and interactions between the different spheres of the Earth: solid Earth, ocean, atmosphere and biosphere. Lectures focused on state-of-the art research and recent advances. Hands-on sessions included observation, field work, and data analysis. The topics of hands-on sessions covered atmospheric processes, coastal environments, oceanic and estuarine dynamics, geophysics & geodynamics, and machine learning. Other	Earth Systems Summer School 2024 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2023/07/02 - 2023/07/08	The summer school included lectures, hands-on sessions and field trips on various topics of Earth Systems. The focus was on the dynamics of and interactions between the different spheres of the Earth: solid Earth, ocean, atmosphere and biosphere. Lectures focused on state-of-the art research and recent advances. Hands-on sessions included both observation, including field work, and data analysis. The topics of hands-on sessions covered atmospheric processes, coastal environments, oceanic dynamics, environmental seismology and geophysics. Other	Earth Systems Summer School 2023 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Dom Luiz, Portugal Serviço Regional de Proteção Civil e Bombeiros dos Açores, Portugal
2023/06/28 - 2023/06/30	The general objectives of the workshop were to present and discuss recent scientific progress in understanding and modelling dynamical processes and socio-economic impacts of cyclones from weather to climate time scales, in the mid latitudes in general and the Mediterranean in particular. Workshop	2nd MedCyclones Workshop & 9th European Storm Workshop Météo France Toulouse, France
2023/06/26 - 2023/06/30	The Training School was adressed to early career scientists from regional and national meteorological agencies and institutes. It covered several aspects of Mediterranean cyclones: dynamics, processes, forecasting, predictability and impacts. The activities developed through lectures and practical activities where the students performed specific analysis in small groups. Final results were presented in the form of short talks on the last day of the Training School to trigger discussion and provide the opportunity to enhance the collaborative spirit. Other	2nd MedCyclones Training School Météo France Toulouse, France

Distinctions

Award

2020	Academic Merit Diploma Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019	Academic Merit Diploma Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal