Tropospheric Climate Variability and Change

We have developed different approaches to analyze tropospheric climate variability in the context of the last century, including the detection of weather regimes, synoptic and mesoscale systems with automatic methods. We also investigate interannual-to-interdecadal predictability based on the impact of large scale variability modes - such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) or the stratospheric polar vortex - and the influence of the 11-year solar cycle on the surface climate.

 

Related Projects

JeDiS (Jet Dynamics and extremeS) Contract no. RTI2018-096402-B-I00. MICINN (Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades), Proyectos de I+D+I Retos de la Sociedad 2018. Funding: 145.200 €. PI: B. Ayarzagüena and R. García. 2019-2021.

Towards a more complete assessment of the impact of solar variability on the Earth's climate. COST action ES 1005. Funding Agency: European Union. PI: Radan Huth. 2011-2016

ENAC (Evolution of North Atlantic Climate; the role of Blocking and Storm-tracks in the Past, Present and Future climate of Southern Europe) PTDC/AAC-CLI/103567/2008. Funding Agency: FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portuguese Government). Funding: 135.000 €. PI: R.M. Trigo. 2010-2012

DINPRE (Modelización de las Fuentes de Humedad en la Región Mediterranea) CGL2008-05968-C02-01. Funding Agency: MCINN (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)  Ayudas a proyectos de investigación 2008. Funding: 157.300 €. PI: Luis Prieto. 2009-2012

CIRCE (Climate Change and Impact Research: the Mediterranean Environment). Funding Agency: European Union FP6. Funding: 1.622.440 €. PI: A. Navarra. 2007-2011

Sousa P.M., Trigo R.M., Barriopedro D., Soares P.M.M., Ramos A.M., Liberato M.L.R. (2017): Responses of European precipitation distributions and regimes to different blocking locations. Climate Dynamics, 48(3), 1141-1160, doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3132-5.

Chiodo G., Garcia-Herrera R., Calvo N., Vaquero J., Barriopedro D., Cabanelas J. and Matthes K. (2016): The impact of a future solar minimum on climate change projections in the Northern Hemisphere. Environmental Research Letters, 11, 034015, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034015.

Peña-Ortiz, C., D. Barriopedro, and R.Garcia-Herrera (2015): Multidecadal variability of the summer length in Europe. Journal of Climate, (in press) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00429.1.

Barriopedro D., García-Herrera R., Trigo R.M. (2010): Application of blocking diagnosis methods to General Circulation Models. Part I: a novel detection scheme. Climate Dynamics, 35, 7-8, 1373-1391, doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0767-5.