Dr. Albenis Pérez Alarcón

M. Stojanovic, R. Sorí, A. Pérez-Alarcón, Z. Salah, M. S. Mohamed, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2026) Thermodynamic intensification and atmosphere-soil coupling of drought in North-West Africa, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Vol. 67, 103785 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103785 (Published) [pdf]

M. Stojanovic, R. Sorí, A. Pérez-Alarcón, B. Beltrán Fonseca, Y. Wang, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2026) Emerging aridification of the Congo River Basin driven by rainfall decline, moisture-source shifts and rising atmospheric demand, Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 21 , Issue 15 ; DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae916f (Published) [pdf]

I. Benedict, J. Keune, C. Weijenborg, R. van der Ent, P. Kalverla, G. Koren, F. Aemisegger, T. Fan Cheng, A. Crespo-Otero, A.J. de Vries, V. M.H. Deman, D. Dey, M. Duetsch, J. P. Evans, L. Gimeno, R. Haarsma, M. G. Hofsteenge, C. M. Holgate, D. Insua-Costa, S. Kim, A. Koppa, H. Kunstmann, D. Miralles, Y. Mu, R. Nieto, A. Pérez-Alarcón, H. Sodemann, A. Staal, A. S. Taschetto, J. J.E. Theeuwen, I. Thurnherr, J. Wei, R. Xu (2026) IdentificatioN of Sources of Precipitation through an International Research Effort (INSPIRE): three extreme precipitation case studies, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0057.1 (Published) [pdf]

L. Gimeno, R. Nieto, J. Eiras-Barca, R. Sorí, M. Stojanovic, A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, L. Gimeno-Sotelo, P. Coll-Hidalgo, G. Alvarez-Socorro, S.M. Vicente-Serrano (2026) Tracing atmospheric heat and moisture pathways to understand compound drought–heatwave events, Weather and Climate Extremes, Vol. DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2026.100923 (Published) [pdf]

M. Shukla, S. A. Ganapathiraju, A. Pérez-Alarcón, M. Rathinasamy (2026) Hybrid Parcel Tracker (HPT) – A Python-based framework to analyse moisture movement during extreme precipitation events, Atmospheric Research, Vol. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2026.109136 (Published) [pdf]

O.L. Córdova-García, R. Sorí, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, M. Stojanovic, A. Pérez-Alarcón (2026) Enhanced Moisture Uptake Fuels North Atlantic Tropical Easterly Waves Precipitation in a Downscaled CMIP6 Projection, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 53, Issue 11 ; DOI: 10.1029/2026GL122074 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, M. Stojanovic, R. Sorí, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2026) Enhanced Moisture Uptake Drives Projected Increases in North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Precipitation, Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research (OLAR), Vol. 5, 0145 ; DOI: 10.34133/olar.0145 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2026) Version (1.1.10) — LATTIN: A Python-based tool for Lagrangian atmospheric moisture and heat tracking, Software Impacts, Vol. 28, 100834 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.simpa.2026.100834 (Published) [pdf]

M. Stojanovic, A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Sorí, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2026) Atmospheric rivers are associated with nine out of every 10 floods in major global river basins, npj Natural Hazards, Vol. 3 ; DOI: 10.1038/s44304-026-00167-x (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Sorí, M. Stojanovic, R. Libonati, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2026) Unravelling the drivers of the April–May 2024 extreme precipitation event in Rio Grande do Sul, Atmospheric Research, Vol. 334, 108773 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2026.108773 (Published) [pdf]

O.L. Córdova-García, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, R. Sorí, M. Stojanovic, A. Pérez-Alarcón (2026) Tropical easterly waves in the North Atlantic basin and their precipitating moisture sources: Insights from a downscaled climatological analysis, Atmospheric Research, Vol. 332, 108727 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.108727 (Published) [pdf]

R. Sorí, M. Stojanovic, G. Guerova, A. Pérez-Alarcón, M. Vázquez, J. Ernst, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2026) Lagrangian Identification of Bulgaria’s Moisture Sources: A Key to Understanding Drought Dynamics, Earth Systems and Environment, Vol. 10 ; DOI: 10.1007/s41748-024-00542-6 (Published) [pdf]

M. M. Lima, L. C. Santos, A. Pérez-Alarcón, P. M. M. Soares, R.M. Trigo, R. M. Cardoso (2025) Mesoscale dynamics of cyclone Leslie (2018): A diagnostic analysis of a rare Iberian landfall, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI: 10.1002/qj.70054 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Sorí, M. Stojanovic, D. Lobaina-Castillo, B. Velázquez-Zaldivar, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2025) The relative contribution of physical processes leading the May 2024 heat wave in Cuba using a novel temperature anomaly analysi, Weather and Climate Extremes, Vol. 50, 100827 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2025.100827 (Published) [pdf]

M. Stojanovic, R. Sorí, A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2025) Multiscale drought dataset for the Greater Antilles: a resource for environmental and adaptation studies, Scientific Data, Vol. 12, 1700 ; DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05992-9 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Sorí, A. El-Sehwagy, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, Z. Salah, M. Stojanovic (2025) Unveiling the Role of Mediterranean Cyclones in North Africa’s Precipitation, Earth Systems and Environment, DOI: 10.1007/s41748-025-00905-7 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2025) Assessing future changes in tropical cyclone activity in the North Atlantic basin through dynamical downscaling, iScience, Vol. 28, Issue 10 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113609 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2025) Lagrangian Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Estimates and Moisture Sources (LagTCPMoS) Dataset, Scientific Data, Vol. 12 ; DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05490-y (Published) [pdf]

R. Sorí, M. Stojanovic, A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. Ernst, M. Vázquez, M. Heydarizad, A. Valero-Jorge, O. A. Benedico-Rodríguez, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2025) Atmospheric Processes and Mechanisms Involved in Fog Formation, Book, Fog: Formation, Chemistry, Dynamics, Impact and Dissipation. Chapter 2; 9-39 ; DOI: https:10.1007/978-981-96-4422-3_2 (Published) [pdf]

J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2025) Version 1.1.1 - TROVA: TRansport Of water VApor, SoftwareX, Vol. 30, 1021235; DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102135 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, M. Vázquez, A.M. Ramos, R. Nieto, J. G. Pinto, L. Gimeno (2025) Quantifying moisture and sensible heat flux anomalies for compound drought and heat wave events in the Iberian Peninsula, Weather and Climate Extremes, Vol. 47, 100756 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2025.100756 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, M. Vázquez, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2025) Towards an understanding of uncertainties in the Lagrangian analysis of moisture sources for tropical cyclone precipitation through a study case, Atmospheric Research, Vol. 314 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107822 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Sorí, M. Stojanovic, M. Vázquez, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2024) Assessing the Increasing Frequency of Heat Waves in Cuba and Contributing Mechanisms, Earth Systems and Environment, DOI: 10.1007/s41748-024-00443-8 (Published) [pdf]

P. Coll-Hidalgo, R. Nieto, A. Pérez-Alarcón, R.M. Trigo, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, L. Gimeno (2024) Assessing target areas for precipitating moisture source analysis of extratropical cyclones: An analysis based on case studies, Atmospheric Research, Vol. 310, 107628 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107628 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, M. Vázquez, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2024) Evaluation of WRF model configurations for dynamic downscaling of tropical cyclones activity over the North Atlantic basin for Lagrangian moisture tracking analysis in future climate, Atmospheric Research, Vol: , 107498 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107498 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2024) Insights into the origin of precipitation moisture for tropical cyclones during rapid intensification process, Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, Vol. XXXXX ; DOI: 10.1016/j.tcrr.2024.05.001 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, P. Coll-Hidalgo, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Sorí, R.P. da Rocha, M. Simões Reboita, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2024) Quantifying the related precipitation and moisture sources in the lifecycle of subtropical cyclones in the South Atlantic basin, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. XXXXX ; DOI: 10.1002/qj.4734 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2024) LATTIN: A Python-based tool for Lagrangian atmospheric moisture and heat tracking, Software Impacts, DOI: 10.1016/j.simpa.2024.100638 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, P. Coll-Hidalgo, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2024) CyTRACK: An open-source and user-friendly python toolbox for detecting and tracking cyclones, Environmental Modelling & Software, Vol. XXXXX, 106027 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106027 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, P. Coll-Hidalgo, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) Impacts of tropical cyclones on the global water budget, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Vol. 6 , 212 ; DOI: 10.1038/s41612-023-00546-5 (Published) [pdf]

J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. Eiras-Barca, S. Rahimi, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) Projected changes in atmospheric moisture transport contributions associated with climate warming in the North Atlantic, Nature Communications, Vol. 14, 6476 ; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41915-1 (Published) [pdf]

S. Bayo-Besteiro, L. de la Torre, X. Costoya, M. Gómez-Gesteira, A. Pérez-Alarcón, M. deCastro, J.A. Añel (2023) Photovoltaic power resource at the Atacama Desert under climate change, Renewable Energy, Vol. 216, 118999 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.118999 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, P. Coll-Hidalgo (2023) Global Increase of the Intensity of Tropical Cyclones under Global Warming Based on their Maximum Potential Intensity and CMIP6 Models, Environmental Processes, Vol. 10 ; DOI: 10.1007/s40710-023-00649-4 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, P. Coll-Hidalgo, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) Climatological variations of moisture sources for precipitation of North Atlantic tropical cyclones linked to their tracks, Atmospheric Research, Vol. 290, 106778; DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106778 (Published) [pdf]

J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. Eiras-Barca, A.M. Ramos, S. Rahimi-Esfarjani, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) Changes in moisture sources of atmospheric rivers landfalling the Iberian Peninsula with WRF-Flexpart, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, DOI: 10.1029/2022JD037612 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, P. Coll-Hidalgo, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) The rare case of Hurricane Catarina (2004) over the South Atlantic Ocean: The origin of its precipitation through a Lagrangian approach, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI: 10.1002/qj.4452 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Sorí, M.L.R. Liberato, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) How much of precipitation over the Euroregion Galicia – Northern Portugal is due to tropical-origin cyclones?: A Lagrangian approach, Atmospheric Research, Vol. 285, 106640 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106640 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, P. Coll-Hidalgo, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R.M. Trigo, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) Evaluating changes in the moisture sources for tropical cyclones precipitation in the North Atlantic that underwent extratropical transition, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 50, Issue 7 ; DOI: 10.1029/2022GL102120 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Sorí, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) Moisture Source for the Precipitation of Tropical Cyclones Over the Pacific Ocean Through a Lagrangian Approach, Journal of Climate, Vol. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0287.1 (Published) [pdf]

J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, M. Vázquez, A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) Comparison of Moisture Sources and Sinks Estimated with Different Versions of FLEXPART and FLEXPART-WRF Models Forced with ECMWF Reanalysis Data, Journal of Hydrometeorology, DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-22-0018.1 (Published) [pdf]

J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, X. Costoya, A. Pérez-Alarcón, S. Rahimi, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2023) Dynamic downscaling of wind speed over the North Atlantic Ocean using CMIP6 projections: Implications for offshore wind power density, Energy Reports, Vol. 9; 873-885 : DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2022.12.036 (Published) [pdf]

R. Sorí, L. Gimeno-Sotelo, R. Nieto, M.L.R. Liberato, M. Stojanovic, A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, L. Gimeno (2023) Oceanic and terrestrial origin of precipitation over 50 major world river basins: Implications for the occurrence of drought, Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 859, Part 2; DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160288 (Published) [pdf]

J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2022) TROVA: TRansport Of water VApor, SoftwareX, Vol. 20; DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2022.101228 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, P. Coll-Hidalgo, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2022) Estimation of mean water vapour residence time during tropical cyclones using a Lagrangian approach, Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, Vol. 11, Issue 2; DOI: 10.1016/j.tcrr.2022.08.001 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Sorí, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2022) Moisture source identification for precipitation associated with tropical cyclone development over the Indian Ocean: a Lagrangian approach, Climate Dynamics, Vol. XXXX DOI: 10.1007/s00382-022-06429-4 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, D. García-Cortes, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, Y. Martínez-González (2022) Improving Monthly Rainfall Forecast in a Watershed by Combining Neural Networks and Autoregressive Models, Environmental Processes, Vol. 9, 53 ; DOI: 10.1007/s40710-022-00602-x (Published) [pdf]

P. Coll-Hidalgo, A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Nieto (2022) Moisture Sources for the Precipitation of Tropical-like Cyclones in the Mediterranean Sea: A Case of Study, Atmosphere, Vol. 13, Issue 8 ; DOI: 10.3390/atmos13081327 (Published) [pdf]

P. Coll-Hidalgo, A. Pérez-Alarcón, L. Gimeno (2022) Origin of Moisture for the Precipitation Produced by the Exceptional Winter Storm Formed over the Gulf of Mexico in March 1993, Atmosphere, Vol. 13 Issue 7, 1154 ; DOI: 10.3390/atmos13071154 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez (2022) The First Five Years of the Operational Runs of the Numerical Tools for Hurricane Forecast (NTHF) during the North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Season, Meteorology, Vol. 1 Issue: 2 DOI: 10.3390/meteorology1020010 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Sorí, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2022) Where Does the Moisture for North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Come From?, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 23, Issue 3, 457–472 ; DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-21-0117.1 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, P. Coll-Hidalgo, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Sorí, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2022) Moisture Sources for Precipitation Associated With Major Hurricanes During 2017 in the North Atlantic Basin, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 127, Issue 4 ; DOI: 10.1029/2021JD035554 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Sorí, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2022) Dataset of outer tropical cyclone size from a radial wind profile, Data in Brief, Vol. 40; DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.107825 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Sorí, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2021) Comparative climatology of outer tropical cyclone size using radial wind profiles, Weather and Climate Extremes, Vol. 33; 100366. DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2021.100366 (Published) [pdf]

G. Alvarez-Socorro, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Sorí, A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2021) Space-Time Assessment of Extreme Precipitation in Cuba between 1980 and 2019 from Multi-Source Weighted-Ensemble Precipitation Dataset, Atmosphere, Vol. 12, Issue 8, 995; DOI: 10.3390/atmos12080995 (Published) [pdf]

A. Pérez-Alarcón, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Sorí, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2021) The Combined Effects of SST and the North Atlantic Subtropical High-Pressure System on the Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Interannual Variability, Atmosphere, Vol. 12, Issue 3, 329, DOI: 10.3390/atmos12030329 (Published) [pdf]

J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Sorí, A. Pérez-Alarcón, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2020) The Role of Tropical Cyclones on the Total Precipitation in Cuba during the Hurricane Season from 1980 to 2016, Atmosphere, Vol. 11 Issue: 11, 1156; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111156 (Published) [pdf]