Dr. Diego Fernández Nóvoa

Department of Applied Physics

Earth Sciences

Address:

“Campus Auga” Building
Rúa Canella da Costa da Vela 12
Universidade de Vigo
32004 Ourense, Spain

Laboratory: 1.5

e-mail: diefernandez@uvigo.es

Phone: +34 988 368 791

Scopus ID: 56395421100
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7508-6502

Publications

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J. González-Cao, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, N.G. deCastro, H. Barreiro-Fonta, M. deCastro, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2026) Impact of dams on river regime and extreme flow events in MIÑO–SIL river basin (NW of the IBERIAN peninsula), CATENA, Vol. 264, 109836 : DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2026.109836 (Published) [pdf]

H. Barreiro-Fonta, D. Fernández-Nóvoa (2025) Assessing Climate Change and Reservoir Impacts on Upper Miño River Flow (NW Iberian Peninsula) Using Neural Networks, Water, Vol. 17 , Issue 24, 3514 ; DOI: 10.3390/w17243514 (Published) [pdf]

J. González-Cao, H. Barreiro-Fonta, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, O. García-Feal (2025) Enhancing Flood Risk Management: A Review on Numerical Modelling of Past Flood Events, Hydrology, Vol. 12, Issue 6 ; DOI: 10.3390/hydrology12060133 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, P. M. M. Soares, O. García-Feal, X. Costoya, R.M. Trigo, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2025) Neural network approach for modeling future natural river flows: Assessing climate change impacts on the Tagus River, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Vol 54, 102191 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102191 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, J. González-Cao, O. García-Feal (2024) Enhancing Flood Risk Management: A Comprehensive Review on Flood Early Warning Systems with Emphasis on Numerical Modeling, Water, Vol. 16 Issue 10, 1408 ; DOI: 10.3390/w16101408 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, A.M. Ramos, J. González-Cao, O. García-Feal, C. Catita, M. Gómez-Gesteira, R.M. Trigo (2024) How to mitigate flood events similar to the 1979 catastrophic floods in the lower Tagus, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 24, Issue 2, 609-630; DOI: 10.5194/nhess-24-609-2024 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, J. González-Cao, J. R. Figueira, C. Catita, O. García-Feal, M. Gómez-Gesteira, R.M. Trigo (2023) Numerical simulation of the deadliest flood event of Portugal: Unravelling the causes of the disaster, Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 896, 165092 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165092 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, O. García-Feal, J. González-Cao, M. deCastro, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2022) Multiscale flood risk assessment under climate change: the case of the Miño River in the city of Ourense, Spain, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 22, 3957–3972; DOI: 10.5194/nhess-22-3957-2022 (Published) [pdf]

O. García-Feal, J. González-Cao, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, G. Astray Dopazo, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2022) Comparison of machine learning techniques for reservoir outflow forecasting, NHESS, Vol. 22, Issue 12, 3859-3874; DOI: 10.5194/nhess-22-3859-2022 (Published) [pdf]

G. García-Alen, J. González-Cao, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, M. Gómez-Gesteira, L. Cea, J. Puertas (2022) Analysis of two sources of variability of basin outflow hydrographs computed with the 2D shallow water model Iber: Digital Terrain Model and unstructured mesh size, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 612, Part B, 128182 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128182 (Published) [pdf]

J. González-Cao, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, O. García-Feal, J. R. Figueira, J.M. Vaquero, R.M. Trigo, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2022) The Rivillas flood of 5–6 November 1997 (Badajoz, Spain) revisited: An approach based on Iber+ modelling, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 610, 127883. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127883 (Published) [pdf]

M. Des, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, M. deCastro, J.L. Gómez-Gesteira, M.C. Sousa, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2021) Modeling salinity drop in estuarine areas under extreme precipitation events within a context of climate change: Effect on bivalve mortality in Galician Rías Baixas, Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 790, 148147; DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148147 (Published) [pdf]

J. González-Cao, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, O. García-Feal, J. R. Figueira, J.M. Vaquero, R.M. Trigo, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2021) Numerical reconstruction of historical extreme floods: The Guadiana event of 1876, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 599, 126292; DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126292 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, X. Costoya, M. deCastro, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2021) Influence of the mightiest rivers worldwide on coastal sea surface temperature warming, Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 768 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144915 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, O. García-Feal, J. González-Cao, C. de Gonzalo, J. A. Rodríguez-Suárez, C. Ruiz del Portal, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2020) MIDAS: A New Integrated Flood Early Warning System for the Miño River, Water, 2020, Vol. 12 Issue 9, 2319; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w12092319 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, X. Costoya, D. Kobashi, L. Rodríguez-Díaz, M. deCastro, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2020) Influence of Mississippi and Atchafalaya River plume in the winter coastal cooling of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, Journal of Marine Systems, Vol. 209 (2020) 103374 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2020.103374 (Published) [pdf]

J. González-Cao, O. García-Feal, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, J.M. Dominguez, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2019) Towards an automatic early warning system of flood hazards based on precipitation forecast: the case of the Miño River (NW Spain), Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 19, 2583–2595, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2583-2019 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, X. Costoya, M. deCastro, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2019) Dynamic characterization of the main Cantabrian river plumes by means of MODIS, Continental Shelf Research, July 2019, Volume 183, Pages 14-27, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2019.06.005 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, M. Gómez-Gesteira, R. Mendes, M. deCastro, N. Vaz, J.M. Dias (2017) Influence of main forcing affecting the Tagus turbid plume under high river discharges using MODIS imagery, PLoS ONE, 12(10): e0187036. (Published) [pdf]

X. Costoya, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, M. deCastro, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2017) Loire and Gironde turbid plumes: Characterization and influence on thermohaline properties, Journal of Sea Research, Volume 130, December 2017, Pages 7-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2017.04.003 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, M. deCastro, M. Des, X. Costoya, R. Mendes, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2017) Characterization of Iberian turbid plumes by means of synoptic patterns obtained through MODIS imagery, Journal of Sea Research, doi: 10.1016/j.seares.2017.06.013 (Published) [pdf]

X. Costoya, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, M. deCastro, F. Santos, P. Lazure, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2016) Modulation of sea surface temperature warming in the Bay of Biscay by Loire and Gironde Rivers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Vol: 120 doi: 10.1002/2015JC011157 Pages: 1-14 (Published) [pdf]

D. Fernández-Nóvoa, R. Mendes, M. deCastro, J.M. Dias, A. Sánchez-Arcilla, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2015) Analysis of the influence of river discharge and wind on the Ebro turbid plume using MODIS-Aqua and MODIS-Terra data, Journal of Marine Systems, Volumen: 142, doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.09.009 pages: 40-46 (Published) [pdf]

R. Mendes, N. Vaz, D. Fernández-Nóvoa, J.C.B. da Silva, M. deCastro, M. Gómez-Gesteira, J.M. Dias (2014) Observation of a turbid plume using MODIS imagery: The case of Douro estuary (Portugal), Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol: 154, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.08.003 pages: 127-138 (Published) [pdf]