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Pedro Miguel Ribeiro de Sousa concluiu o Doutoramento em Ciências Geofísicas e da Geoinformação em 2017 pela Universidade de Lisboa (Faculdade de Ciências). Tem atualmente 20 artigos publicados em revistas especializadas. Atua na área das Ciências Atmosféricas, nomeadamente Meteorologia e Climatologia, com especialização em tópicos como: Dinâmica Atmosférica; Alterações Climáticas; Eventos Extremos; Bloqueios Atmosféricos; Secas; Incêndios Florestais.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Miguel Ribeiro de Sousa

Citation names

  • Sousa, Pedro M

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
921F-0F1B-85B6
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0296-4204
Scopus Author Id
57200376767

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Atmospheric Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/07/07
Concluded
 Ciências Geofísicas e da Geoinformação (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Meteorologia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
""Northern Hemisphere blockings and their impacts over the European continent - historical overview and associated mechanisms"" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com distinção e louvor
2009
Concluded
 Ciências Geofísicas (Mestrado)
Major in Meteorologia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Caracterização espácio-temporal das condições de seca na bacia do Mediterrâneo durante o século XX" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2005
Concluded
 Ciências Geofísicas (Licenciatura)
Major in Meteorologia
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Desempenho do modelo ALADIN/Portugal na previsão de situações frontais e convectivas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - 2021 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
2017 - 2019 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
2010 - 2013 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
2008 - 2010 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Geofísico do Infante Dom Luiz, Portugal
2007 - 2008 Researcher (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2006 - 2007 Researcher (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
2004 - 2005 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
AIM at Melanoma Foundation, United States

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/04/01 - Current Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013 - 2017 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017 - 2019 IMDROFLOOD - Improving Drought and Flood Early Warning, Forecasting and Mitigation using real-time hydroclimatic indicators
JPND- WaterJPI/0004/2014
Research Fellow
Concluded
2017 - 2017 LSA SAF - CDOP-3 - Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis, Third Continuous Development and Operations Phas
LSA SAF - CDOP-3 (Eumetsat)
Research Fellow
2013 - 2017 Northern Hemisphere blockings and their impacts over theEuropean continent – historical overview and associated mechanisms
SFRH/BD/84395/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010 - 2011 FUME - Forest Fire Under the Mediterranean Environment
FUME
Research Fellow
Concluded
2008 - 2010 CIRCE - Climate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean Environment.
CIRCE
Research Fellow
Concluded
2007 - 2008 TURBWIND - Numerical Forecasting and its applications for local forecasting in wind farms.
TURBWIND
Research Fellow
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Concluded
2006 - 2007 EPREV - Numerical Forecast application study and operational models in the optimization of wind energy production
EPREV
Research Fellow
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019 - Current INDECIS - Sectorial Climate Services
INDECIS / ERA4CS / JPI Climate / European Union (Grant 690462)
Researcher
Ongoing
2019 - 2021 HOLMODRIVE - North Atlantic Atmospheric Patterns influence on Western Iberia Climate: From the Lateglacial to the Present
PTDC/CTA-GEO/29029/2017
Researcher
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ulbrich, U.; Xoplaki, E.; Dobricic, S.; García-Herrera, R.; Lionello, P.; Adani, M.; Baldi, M.; et al. "Past and Current Climate Changes in the Mediterranean Region". 9-51. 2013.
    10.1007/978-94-007-5781-3_2
  2. Ricardo García-Herrera; Piero Lionello (...); Sousa, Pedro M. "Extremes in the Mediterranean Region during the last decades". In CIRCE - Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean. 2010.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Sousa, Pedro M; David Barriopedro; Alexandre M. Ramos; Ricardo García-Herrera; Fátima Espírito-Santo; Ricardo M. Trigo. "Increasing relevance of Saharan intrusions for Iberian heatwaves". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional Sobre Investigação em Alterações Climáticas, 2020.
  2. Alexandre M. Ramos; Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M. Trigo; Ricardo Tomé; Christoph C. Raible; Martina Messmer; Joaquim G. Pinto. "Moisture transport and impacts in Western European precipitation in a warming climate". Paper presented in EncontroNacional SobreInvestigaçãoemAlteraçõesClimáticas, 2020.
  3. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricadro M Trigo; David Barriopedro; Ricardo García-Herrera. "The increasing impacts of sub-tropical ridges in Mediterranean climate areas". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2019, 2019.
  4. Sousa, Pedro M; Alexandre M Ramos; Ricardo M. Trigo; Christoph C. Raible; Martina Messmer; Joaquim G. Pinto. "Changes in precipitation regimes since 850 A.D.: the role of the Integrated Water Vapor Transport and Global Warming". Paper presented in MedCLIVAR 2018 conference: ‘Bridging the Mediterranean Climates’, Belgrade, Serbia, 2018.
  5. Sousa, Pedro M; Alexandre M. Ramos; Ricardo M. Trigo; Christoph C. Raible; Martina Messmer; Joaquim G. Pinto. "Regional changes in precipitation regimes between 850 A.D. and 2100: the role of the Integrated Water Vapor Transport". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2018, 2018.
  6. Alexandre M. Ramos; Ricardo Tomé; Sousa, Pedro M; David Lavers; Raquel Nieto; Luis Gimeno; Ricardo M. Trigo; Margarida LR Liberato. "Revisiting the Atmospheric Rivers in Europe: from impacts to moisture sources and future climate scenarios". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2018, 2018.
  7. Sousa, Pedro M; Alexandre M. Ramos; Ricardo M. Trigo; Patrick Ludwig; Joaquim G. Pinto. "European moisture fluxes during the Last Glacial Maximum". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2018, 2018.
  8. Carlos Ordóñez; L Carro-Calvo; JM Garrido-Pérez; Ricardo García-Herrera; David Barriopedro; JL Schnell; Sousa, Pedro M. "Synoptic drivers of air quality changes in Europe". Paper presented in CCMI Workshop, Toulouse, 2017.
  9. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M. Trigo; David Barriopedro. "Atmospheric Blocking impacts on European climate". Paper presented in CIÊNCIA 2016 - ‘Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal’, 2016.
  10. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M. Trigo; Mário G Pereira; Joaquín Bedia; José M Gutiérrez. "Different approaches to model future burnt area in the Iberian Peninsula". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk, Alghero, Sardinia, 2015.
  11. Ana Cristina Russo; Célia M. Gouveia; Carlos da Camara; Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M Trigo. "Impact of drought on wildfires in Iberia". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2015, 2015.
  12. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M Trigo; Mário G Pereira; Célia M. Gouveia; Joaquín Bedia; José M Gutiérrez. "Future burned area projections in Iberia". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2014, 2014.
  13. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M Trigo; Mário G Pereira; Carlos da Camara; Célia M. Gouveia. "The role of Future Climate on Iberian Wildfire Regimes". Paper presented in CIRCLE-2 Final Conference: ‘Conference on European Climate Adaptation’, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014.
  14. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M Trigo; Mário G Pereira; Carlos da Camara; Célia M. Gouveia. "Modelling present and future burnt areas in Iberia". Paper presented in Final FUME Project Meeting, Toledo, Spain, 2013.
  15. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M Trigo; Mário G Pereira; Célia M. Gouveia; Domingo Rasilla; L Caramelo. "Regionalizing Iberia fire regimes and links with large-scale meteorological variability". Paper presented in Advanced Course from FUME project ‘Forest Fires in the Perspective of Global Change’, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza, Spain, 2012.
  16. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M Trigo; Mário G Pereira; Célia M. Gouveia; L Caramelo. "Regionalising Iberia fire regimes and links with large-scale meteorological variability". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2011, 2011.
  17. Sousa, Pedro M. "Impact of large-scale circulation patterns in the variability of Mediterranean drought events". Paper presented in CIÊNCIA 2010 ‘Encontro com a Ciência em Portugal’, Lisbon, Portugal, 2010.
  18. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M Trigo. "Impact of large-scale circulation patterns in the variability of Mediterranean drought events". Paper presented in 4th ESF-MedCLIVAR Workshop on ‘Feedbacks of the Mediterranean Dynamics in the Global Climate System’, Sesimbra, Portugal, 2009.
  19. Maria Monteiro; João Rio; Nuno Lopes; Margarida Belo-Pereira; Sousa, Pedro M. "Status of Aladin activities in Portugal". Paper presented in Joint 17th ALADIN Workshop and HIRLAM All Staff Meeting 2007, Oslo, Norway, 2007.
Journal article
  1. Lisa-Ann Kautz; Olivia Martius; Stephan Pfahl; Joaquim G. Pinto; Alexandre M. Ramos; Pedro M. Sousa; Tim Woollings. "Atmospheric blocking and weather extremes over the Euro-Atlantic sector – a review". Weather and Climate Dynamics 3 1 (2022): 305-336. https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-305-2022.
    10.5194/wcd-3-305-2022
  2. Gerard van der Schrier; Richard P. Allan; Albert Ossó; Pedro M. Sousa; Hans Van de Vyver; Bert Van Schaeybroeck; Roberto Coscarelli; et al. "The 1921 European drought: impacts, reconstruction and drivers". Climate of the Past 17 5 (2021): 2201-2221. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2201-2021.
    10.5194/cp-17-2201-2021
  3. João L Geirinhas; Ana Russo; Renata Libonati; Pedro M Sousa; Diego G Miralles; Ricardo M Trigo. "Recent increasing frequency of compound summer drought and heatwaves in Southeast Brazil". Environmental Research Letters 16 3 (2021): 034036-034036. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe0eb.
    10.1088/1748-9326/abe0eb
  4. Rui Cavaleiro; Ana Russo; Pedro M. Sousa; Rita Durão. "Association between Prevailing Circulation Patterns and Coarse Particles in Portugal". Atmosphere 12 1 (2021): 85-85. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12010085.
    10.3390/atmos12010085
  5. Pedro M. Sousa; David Barriopedro; Ricardo García-Herrera; Carlos Ordóñez; Pedro M. M. Soares; Ricardo M. Trigo. "Distinct influences of large-scale circulation and regional feedbacks in two exceptional 2019 European heatwaves". Communications Earth & Environment (2020): https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00048-9.
    10.1038/s43247-020-00048-9
  6. Alexandre M. Ramos; Pedro M. Sousa; Emanuel Dutra; Ricardo M. Trigo. "Predictive skill for atmospheric rivers in the western Iberian Peninsula". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 20 3 (2020): 877-888. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-877-2020.
    10.5194/nhess-20-877-2020
  7. Russo, A.; Sousa, Pedro M; Durão, R.M.; Ramos, A.M.; Salvador, P.; Linares, C.; Díaz, J.; Trigo, R.M.. "Saharan dust intrusions in the Iberian Peninsula: Predominant synoptic conditions". The Science of The Total Environment 717 137041 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079319244&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137041
  8. Sousa, Pedro M; Alexandre M. Ramos; Christoph C. Raible; M. Messmer; Ricardo Tomé; Joaquim G. Pinto; Ricardo M. Trigo. "North Atlantic Integrated Water Vapor Transport—From 850 to 2100 CE: Impacts on Western European Rainfall". Journal of Climate 33 (2020): 263-279. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0348.1.
    Published • 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0348.1
  9. David Barriopedro; Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M Trigo; Ricardo García-Herrera; Alexandre M. Ramos. "The Excepcional Iberian Heatwave of Summer 2018". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2020): http://ametsoc.net/eee/2018/6_Barriopedro0159.pdf.
    Published
  10. Alexandre M. Ramos; Sousa, Pedro M; Emanuel Dutra; Ricardo M Trigo. "Predictive skill of Atmospheric Rivers in the western Iberian Peninsula". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2020):
    In press
  11. Geirinhas, J.L.; Trigo, R.M.; Libonati, R.; Castro, L.C.O.; Sousa, Pedro M; Coelho, C.A.S.; Peres, L.F.; Magalhães, M.D.A.F.M.. "Characterizing the atmospheric conditions during the 2010 heatwave in Rio de Janeiro marked by excessive mortality rates". Science of the Total Environment 650 (2019): 796-808. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053220106&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.060
  12. Sousa, Pedro M; Barriopedro, D.; Ramos, A.M.; García-Herrera, R.; Espírito-Santo, F.; Trigo, R.M.. "Saharan air intrusions as a relevant mechanism for Iberian heatwaves: The record breaking events of August 2018 and June 2019". Weather and Climate Extremes 26 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072522023&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.wace.2019.100224
  13. Sousa, Pedro M; Ross C Blamey; Chris J C Reason; Alexandre M Ramos; Ricardo M Trigo. "The ‘Day Zero’ Cape Town drought and the poleward migration of moisture corridors". Environmental Research Letters (2018): https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaebc7.
    10.1088/1748-9326/aaebc7
  14. A. Sánchez-Benítez; R. García-Herrera; D. Barriopedro; Sousa, Pedro M; R. M. Trigo. "June 2017: The Earliest European Summer Mega-heatwave of Reanalysis Period". Geophysical Research Letters 45 4 (2018): 1955-1962. https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GL077253.
    10.1002/2018GL077253
  15. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M. Trigo; David Barriopedro; Pedro M. M. Soares; João A. Santos. "European temperature responses to blocking and ridge regional patterns". Climate Dynamics (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-3620-2.
    10.1007/s00382-017-3620-2
  16. Russo, Ana; Gouveia, Celia M.; Pascoa, Patricia; DaCamara, Carlos C.; Sousa, Pedro M; Trigo, Ricardo M.. "Assessing the role of drought events on wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 237 (2017): 50-59. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000399266000006&KeyUID=WOS:000399266000006.
    10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.01.021
  17. Ordonez, Carlos; Barriopedro, David; Garcia-Herrera, Ricardo; Sousa, Pedro M; Schnell, Jordan L.. "Regional responses of surface ozone in Europe to the location of high-latitude blocks and subtropical ridges". Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 4 (2017): 3111-3131. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000395147600007&KeyUID=WOS:000395147600007.
    10.5194/acp-17-3111-2017
  18. Liberato, Margarida L. R.; Ramos, Alexandre M.; Gouveia, Celia M.; Sousa, Pedro M; Russo, Ana; Trigo, Ricardo M.; Santo, Fatima E.. "Exceptionally extreme drought in Madeira Archipelago in 2012: Vegetation impacts and driving conditions". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 232 (2017): 195-209. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000389089800017&KeyUID=WOS:000389089800017.
    10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.08.010
  19. Sousa, Pedro M; Trigo, Ricardo M.; Barriopedro, David; Soares, Pedro M. M.; Ramos, Alexandre M.; Liberato, Margarida L. R.. "Responses of European precipitation distributions and regimes to different blocking locations". Climate Dynamics 48 3-4 (2017): 1141-1160. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000394150500025&KeyUID=WOS:000394150500025.
    10.1007/s00382-016-3132-5
  20. Sousa, Pedro M; Barriopedro, David; Trigo, Ricardo M.; Ramos, Alexandre M.; Nieto, Raquel; Gimeno, Luis; Turkman, K. F.; Liberato, Margarida L. R.. "Impact of Euro-Atlantic blocking patterns in Iberia precipitation using a novel high resolution dataset". Climate Dynamics 46 7-8 (2016): 2573-2591. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000373442900032&KeyUID=WOS:000373442900032.
    10.1007/s00382-015-2718-7
  21. Trigo, Ricardo M.; Sousa, Pedro M; Pereira, Mario G.; Rasilla, Domingo; Gouveia, Celia M.. "Modelling wildfire activity in Iberia with different atmospheric circulation weather types". International Journal of Climatology 36 7 (2016): 2761-2778. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000377276300007&KeyUID=WOS:000377276300007.
    10.1002/joc.3749
  22. Sousa, Pedro M; Ricardo M Trigo; Mário G Pereira; Joaquín Bedia; José M Gutiérrez. "Different approaches to model future burnt area in the Iberian Peninsula". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 202 (2015): 11-25.
    Published • 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.018
  23. Ramos, Alexandre M.; Pires, Ana Cordeiro; Sousa, Pedro M; Trigo, Ricardo M.. "The use of circulation weather types to predict upwelling activity along the western Iberian Peninsula coast". Continental Shelf Research 69 (2013): 38-51. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000328237300005&KeyUID=WOS:000328237300005.
    10.1016/j.csr.2013.08.019
  24. Fernandez-Montes, Sonia; Rodrigo, Fernando S.; Seubert, Stefanie; Sousa, Pedro M. "Spring and summer extreme temperatures in Iberia during last century in relation to circulation types". Atmospheric Research 127 (2013): 154-177. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000319099800014&KeyUID=WOS:000319099800014.
    10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.07.013
  25. Sousa, Pedro M; Trigo, R. M.; Aizpurua, P.; Nieto, R.; Gimeno, L.; Garcia-Herrera, R.. "Trends and extremes of drought indices throughout the 20th century in the Mediterranean". Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 11 1 (2011): 33-51. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000286724200005&KeyUID=WOS:000286724200005.
    10.5194/nhess-11-33-2011
  26. Ramos, Alexandre M.; Ramos, Ricardo; Sousa, Pedro M; Trigo, Ricardo M.; Janeira, Marta; Prior, Victor. "Cloud to ground lightning activity over Portugal and its association with circulation weather types". Atmospheric Research 101 1-2 (2011): 84-101. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000292620500008&KeyUID=WOS:000292620500008.
    10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.01.014
Preprint
  1. Ricardo Trigo; Marco Turco; Sonia Jerez; Pedro Sousa; Ana Russo; Julien Ruffault. "Recent and future intense fire seasons in the Mediterranean basin: the increasing role of droughts and heatwaves". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1169.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1169
  2. Alexandre M. Ramos; Pedro M. Sousa; Ricardo M. Trigo. "Atmospheric rivers responses to climate change in the Mediterranean Region". 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4163.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4163
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sousa, Pedro. "Northern Hemisphere blockings and their impacts over the European continent – historical overview and associated mechanisms". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2017.
  2. Sousa, Pedro. "Caracterização espácio-temporal das condições de seca na bacia do Mediterrâneo durante o século XX". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2009.
  3. Sousa, Pedro. "Desempenho do modelo ALADIN/Portugal na previsão de situações frontais e convectivas". Degree, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2005.

Other

Other output
  1. Atmospheric Blocking and Weather Extremes over the Euro-Atlantic Sector – A Review. 2021. Lisa-Ann Kautz; Olivia Martius; Stephan Pfahl; Joaquim G. Pinto; Alexandre M. Ramos; Pedro M. Sousa; Tim Woollings. https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2021-56.
    10.5194/wcd-2021-56
  2. The 1921 European drought: Impacts, reconstruction and drivers. 2021. Gerard van der Schrier; Richard P. Allan; Albert Ossó; Pedro M. Sousa; Hans Van de Vyver; Bert Van Schaeybroeck; Roberto Coscarelli; et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2021-41.
    10.5194/cp-2021-41
  3. Heat-related mortality in Portugal amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021. Pedro M. Sousa; Ricardo M. Trigo; Ana Russo; João L. Geirinhas; Ana Rodrigues; Susana Silva; Ana Torres. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12733.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12733
  4. Historical Assessment of Compound Summer Drought and Heatwave Events in Southeast Brazil. 2021. João Lucas Geirinhas; Ana Russo; Renata Libonati; Pedro M. Sousa; Diego G. Miralles; Ricardo M. Trigo. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-930.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu21-930
  5. Predictive skill of atmospheric rivers in the Iberian Peninsula. 2020. Alexandre M. Ramos; Pedro M. Sousa; Emanuel Dutra; Ricardo M. Trigo. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7354.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7354
  6. Using a long-term climate simulation to address future changes in Western Europe precipitation regimes due to global warming. 2020. Pedro M. Sousa; Alexandre M. Ramos; Ricardo M. Trigo; Christoph C. Raible; Martina Messmer; Joaquim G. Pinto; Ricardo Tomé. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7550.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7550
  7. The outstanding 2019 Heatwaves in Central Europe – driving mechanisms and soil-atmosphere feedbacks. 2020. Ricardo Trigo; Pedro Sousa; David Barriopedro; Ricardo García-Herrera; Carlos Ordóñez; Pedro Soares. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-5601.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-5601
  8. Supplementary material to "Predictive skill of Atmospheric Rivers in western Iberian Peninsula". 2019. Alexandre M. Ramos; Pedro M. Sousa; Emanuel Dutra; Ricardo M. Trigo. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-317-supplement.
    10.5194/nhess-2019-317-supplement
  9. Predictive skill of Atmospheric Rivers in western Iberian Peninsula. 2019. Alexandre M. Ramos; Pedro M. Sousa; Emanuel Dutra; Ricardo M. Trigo. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-317.
    10.5194/nhess-2019-317
  10. Regional responses of surface ozone in Europe to the location of high-latitude blocks and subtropical ridges. 2016. Carlos Ordóñez; David Barriopedro; Ricardo García-Herrera; Pedro M. Sousa; Jordan L. Schnell. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2016-832.
    10.5194/acp-2016-832
  11. Supplementary material to "Regional responses of surface ozone in Europe to the location of high-latitude blocks and subtropical ridges". 2016. Carlos Ordóñez; David Barriopedro; Ricardo García-Herrera; Pedro M. Sousa; Jordan L. Schnell. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2016-832-supplement.
    10.5194/acp-2016-832-supplement
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/02 As Alterações climáticas: observações, processos e modelação ENCONTRO NACIONAL SOBRE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM ALTERAÇÕES CLIMÁTICAS
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/09 External forcing mechanisms controlling the North Atlantic coastal upwelling regime during the mid-Holocene CLIMOVAR’s 1st Workshop (Climatic Modes of Variability over the Holocene)
(Barcelona, Spain)
2019/07 The Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ and Mediterranean climates drying trends: impact of large-scale dynamics CIÊNCIA 2019 ‘Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal’
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/04 The outstanding 2015-2018 Cape Town drought and the poleward migration of moisture corridors EGU General Assembly 2019
(Viena, Austria)
2019/03 A intrusão de ar saariano responsável pelo evento recorde de calor de Agosto de 2018 11º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica da APMG
(Cascais, Portugal)
2019/03 Evolução do transporte de humidade desde 850 E.C. e impactos na precipitação na Europa Ocidental num clima em aquecimento 11º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica da APMG
(Cascais, Portugal)
2018/10 Long-term variability regional changes in precipitation since 850 and the role of the water vapor transport 7th Workshop on European Storms
(Karlsruhe, Germany)
2018/09 Increasing impacts of Euro-Atlantic blocking and sub-tropical ridges in the Mediterranean area MedCLIVAR 2018 conference: ‘Bridging the Mediterranean Climates’
(Belgrado, Serbia)
2018/06 Predictability of Atmospheric Rivers in Europe 2018 International Atmospheric Rivers Conference
(San Diego, United States)
2017/12 Atmospheric Rivers in Europe: impacts, predictability, and future climate scenarios Fall Meeting AGU
(New Orleans, United States)
2017/12 The NAO influence on the early to mid-Holocene North Atlantic coastal upwelling Fall Meeting AGU
(New Orleans, United States)
2017/09 Climatology, dynamics and regional impacts of Euro-Atlantic blockings and sub-tropical ridges EMS Annual Meeting 2017: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology
(Dublin, Ireland)
2017/09 Predictability of Atmospheric Rivers on the ECMWF forecast system ECMWF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS MEETING: FORECASTING AND MODEL DIAGNOSTICS
(Reading, United Kingdom)
2017/07 Unraveling the main climate mechanisms associated to the “Day zero” drought in Cape Town Unraveling the main climate mechanisms associated to the “Day zero” drought in Cape Town
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/04 Impact of high-latitude blocks and subtropical ridges on air quality in Europe EGU General Assembly 2017
(Viena, Austria)
2016/10 Synergy between Drought and Wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula II International Conference on Water
(Ourense, Spain)
2016/10 The Mediterranean hotspot for drought episodes 8th EGU Leonardo Conference ‘From evaporation to precipitation: the atmospheric moisture transport’
(Ourense, Spain)
2016/09 IDL research – Modeling and predictability studies I Encuentro Emeritense de Climatología
(Mérida, Spain)
2016/04 Reevaluating the impact of atmospheric Blocking in precipitation and temperature distributions in Europe Workshop on Atmospheric Blocking
(Reading, United Kingdom)
2015/04 The influence of drought events on wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula 9º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica da APMG / 16º Encontro Luso-Espanhol de Meteorologia
(Tavira, Portugal)
2013/04 The use of circulation weather types to predict upwelling activity along the Western Iberian Peninsula coast EGU General Assembly 2013
(Viena, Austria)
2013/03 Modelling burned areas in the Iberian Peninsula 3rd SALGEE Workshop ‘MSG Land Surface Applications: drought and fire emissions’
(Ericeira, Portugal)
2012/04 Modelling wildfire activity in Iberia with different Atmospheric Circulation WTs EGU General Assembly 2012
(Viena, Austria)
2012 Modeling burned areas in the Iberian Peninsula FLAIR Workshop
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2011/06 Links between fire regimes in Iberia and large-scale meteorological variability Workshop MedCLIVAR Mediterranean Climate: From Past to Future’
(Lecce, Italy)
2011/03 Cloud to ground lightning over Portugal and its association with Weather Types 7º simpósio da Associação Portuguesa de Meteorologia e Geofísica
(Setúbal, Portugal)
2011/03 Modelação do índice de seca scPDSI no Mediterrâneo nos meses de Verão 7º Simpósio da Associação Portuguesa de Meteorologia e Geofísica
(Setúbal, Portugal)
2010/11 Condições de seca no Mediterrâneo no século XX Palestra MeteoIberia - Impactes Regionais do Clima e das Alterações Climáticas
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2010/05 Modelling the summer scPDSI in the Mediterranean basin ESF-MedCLIVAR Workshop on ‘Hydrological, socioeconomic and ecological impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the Mediterranean region’
(Zaragoza, Spain)
2010/04 20th century trends of drought conditions in the Mediterranean: the influence of large-scale circulation patterns EGU General Assembly 2010
(Viena, Austria)
2009/04 Spatial and temporal variability of Mediterranean drought events EGU General Assembly 2009
(Viena, Austria)
2007/02 Utilização de previsões do modelo ALADIN para avaliação do potencial eólico / Evaluation of wind power potential using ALADIN forecasts 5º Simpósio de Meteorologia e Geofísica da APMG
(Peniche, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/02 - Current Associação entre padrões de circulação atmosférica e níveis de partículas na atmosfera
Co-supervisor
 Meteorologia, Oceanografia e Geofísica (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/10 - Current Leslie Storm: are ciclones with tropical origin a risk for Portugal
Co-supervisor
 Ciências Geofísicas (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/02 - 2018/07 Caraterização de episódios de queda de neve a cotas baixas em Portugal continental
Co-supervisor of Ana José
 Meteorologia, Oceanografia e Geofísica (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/12 - 2019/04 Member of the Conveners committee and chairperson at the “Synoptic climatology - methods and application” session, EGU General Assembly 2019 (2019/04/07 - 2019/04/12)
Conference (Co-organisor)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019 Atmospheric circulation and Climate of the Euro-Atlantic sector since 1685 based on new directional flow indices
(Thesis) Arguer
 Javier Mellado-Cano (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2019/10/25 - Current Jornal da Noite - SIC Intrusões Saarianas e Ondas de Calor em Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2013 4th International Meteorology Prize “Eduard Fontserè”