7 May, 2019

Dr. Luis Gimeno

Department of Applied Physics
Earth Sciences
Address: 
“Campus Auga” Building
Rúa Canella da Costa da Vela 12
Universidade de Vigo
32004 Ourense, Spain
Office: 2.1
e-mail: l.gimeno@uvigo.es
Phone: +34 988 387 208

Working Fields

  • Climate Diagnosis – Climatic Change – Troposphere-Stratosphere Coupling
  • Modes of Atmospheric Variability – Synoptic Meteorology
  • Sources of Moisture (water vapour/precipitable water transport)

Publications


T. Braun, S. M. Vallejo-Bernal, N. Marwan, J. Kurths, J. Quaas, A. Díaz-Guilera, L. Gimeno, M. D. Mahecha (2026) Atmospheric river trajectories organise along a global transport network, Earth System Dynamics, Vol. 17, Issue 3 ; DOI: 10.5194/esd-17-695-2026 (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]


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]


L. Barreto Coelho Belém, R. Nieto, L. F. Peres, N. Oliveira da Silva, M. Stojanovic, M. Vázquez, R. Albuquerque, A. Arantes Pereira, C.C. DaCamara, L. Gimeno, A. M. B. Nunes, L. Couto Garcia, G. Alves Damasceno Junior, F. de Oliveira Roque, R. Libonati (2026) The Role of Moisture Transport Deficits in Modulating Drought and Fire Patterns in the Upper Paraguay River Basin, Brazil, Meteorological Applications, Vol. 33, Issue 3 ; DOI: 10.1002/met.70195 (Published) [pdf]


R. Sánchez-Murillo, C. Birkel, L. Gimeno, M. A. Mejía-González, D. A. Herrera, R. Kirchheim, D. Gastmans (2026) Rapid drought-to-flood weather whiplash amplifies climate change governance failure, Nature Water, DOI: 10.1038/s44221-026-00653-6 (Published) [pdf]


A. Rosquete-Estevez, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, L. Cana-Cascallar, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2026) Linking Salinity and Precipitation Through Moisture Transport: A Study for the North Atlantic, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, DOI: 10.1029/2025JD045720 (Published) [pdf]


S. Bedoya‑Valestt, C. Azorin-Molina, N. P. Plaza-Martin, L. Minola, L. Gimeno, M. Andres-Martin, S. Vicente-Serrano, D. Chen (2026) Weaker and more frequent Mediterranean sea breezes in a warming climate, Scientific Reports, Vol. ; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-47025-4 (Published) [pdf]


S.M. Vicente-Serrano, F. Domínguez-Castro, S. Beguería, A. Halifa-Marín, M. M. Lima, R.M. Trigo, L. Gimeno, R. Garcia-Herrera, P. Lionello, M. Brunetti, Y. Tramblay, M. Maugeri, J. C. González-Hidalgo, C. Azorin-Molina, S. Cheval (2026) Comments on “Mediterranean Drying by a Positive North Atlantic Oscillation Trend over the Last 65 Years Is an Extreme Outlier in the CMIP6 Multimodel Ensemble, Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-26-0055.1 (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]


B. Thomas, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, X. Costoya, M. deCastro, R. Nieto, D. Carvalho, L. Gimeno, M. Gómez-Gesteira (2026) Climatological comparison of continuous and reinitialized dynamical downscaling over the North Atlantic region, Climate Services, Vol. 42, 100664 ; DOI: 10.1016/j.cliser.2026.100664 (Published) [pdf]


S.M. Vicente-Serrano, S. Beguería, A. Royo, A.E. Kenawy, M. Franquesa, A. Halifa-Marín, M. Adell-Michavila, A. Crespillo, D. Pérez-Pajuelo, F. Domínguez-Castro, C. Azorin-Molina, L. Gimeno, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno-Sotelo (2026) Non-Stationary Dry-Spell Hazard Probabilities for Spain, International Journal of Climatology, Vol. ; DOI: 10.1002/joc.70393 (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]


J. Cui, X. Lian, R. J. van der Ent, L. Gimeno, D.G. Miralles (2026) Greater role of atmospheric circulation than evapotranspiration in reshaping terrestrial moisture recycling, Science Bulletin, DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2025.11.060 (Published) [pdf]


P. Coll-Hidalgo, L. Gimeno-Sotelo, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2026) Future extratropical cyclones with more moisture and fewer associated atmospheric rivers, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, DOI: 10.1038/s41612-025-01307-2 (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]


Book Chapters

(22Trigo R. and Gimeno L. (2009) Weather Pattern Changes in the Tropics and Mid-Latitudes as an Indicator of Global Changes. In ” Climate and Global Change: observed impacts on Planet Earth”. Ed. Trevor Letcher. Chapter 8, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp 165-180.

 

(21) Taboada J.J., Lorenzo M.N. and Gimeno L. (2009) Tendencias na escala sinóptica para o século XXI. En Evidencias e Impactos do Cambio Climático en Galicia. Ed. Tórculo. Xunta de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela. Capítulo 27, pp 559-568.

 

(20) Taboada J.J., Lorenzo M.N. and Gimeno L. (2009) Variabilidade e tendencias na escala sinóptica. En Evidencias e Impactos do Cambio Climático en Galicia. Ed. Tórculo. Xunta de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela. Capítulo 2, pp 59-73.

 

(19) Reboitia M., Nieto R., Gimeno L., da Rocha R. and Ambrizzi, T. (2009) Cutoff-Low systems: Comparison NCEP versus RegCM3. In Preprints of International Baltex Secretariat, WCRP, Publication Nº 41, GEWEX, Geneve.

 

(18) Añel J.A., Gimeno L., de la Torre, L. and García R.R. (2008) Climate modelling and supercomputing. In Dixitos: special edition: computational science monograph,july 2008. CESGA, Santiago de Compostela. Spain. pp 31-32.

 

(17) Gallego D, Nieto R, Gimeno L y Ribera P (2007) Identificación dinámica de las fuentes de humedad en la cuenca del Orinoco. Efectos de los cambios globales sobre los recursos hídricos y ecosistemas marino costeros. Eds, Fernández A., Fernández L. and Vanina monografía de la red CYTED 406-RT-0285. Serie El agua En Iberoamérica, Vol 12.Print and Service, Buenos Aires.

 

(16) Hidalgo J, Masson V, Pigeon G y Gimeno L (2006) Analysis of an Anticyclonic Summer period in the City of Toulouse, IOP5 of the experimental campaign CAPITOULIn Preprints of the 6th International Conference on Urban Climate, 12-16 June, 2006, Göteborg, Sweden, pp 144-147.

 

(15) Trigo R, Xoplaki E, Zorita E, Luterbacher J, Krichak S, Alpert P, Jacobeit J, Saenz J, Fernández J, González-Rouco JF, García-Herrera R, Rodo X, Brunetti M, Nanni T, Maugeri M, Turkes M, Gimeno L, Ribera P, Brunet M, Trigo I, Crepon M y Mariotti A (2006) Relations between variability in the Mediterranean region and Mid-latitude variabilityIn Mediterranean Climate Variability; Developments in Earth & Environmental Sciences 4. Lionello P, P Malanotte-Rizzoli and R Boscolo (Eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 179-226.

 

(14Bladé I, Calvo N, Fonseca B, Doblas-Reyes F, Gallego D, Peña C, Gimeno L, Rodó X, Tintoré J, Orfila A y Álvarez A (2006) Contexto científico y resultados relevantes de CLIVAR-ESPAÑAEn Estado de la Investigación del Clima en España. Parc Cientific de Barcelona, Barcelona, pp. 8-13.

 

(13) Luterbacher J, Xoplaki E, Casty C, Wanner H, Pauling A, Küttel M, Rutishauser T, Brönnimann S, Fischer E, Fleitmann D, González-Rouco FJ, García-Herrera R, Barriendos M, Rodrigo F, González-Hidalgo JC, Saz MA, Gimeno L, Ribera P, Brunet M, Paeth H, Rimbu N, Felis T, Jacobeit J, Dünkeloh A, Zorita E, Guiot J, Türkes M, Alcoforado MJ, Trigo R, Wheeler D, Tett S, Mann ME, Touchan R, Shindell DT, Silenzi S, Montagna P, Camuffo D, Mariotti A, Nanni T, Brunetti M, Maugeri M, Zerefos Ch, de Zolt S y Lionello P (2006) Mediterranean climate variability over the last centuries: A reviewIn Mediterranean Climate Variability; Developments in Earth & Environmental Sciences 4. Lionello P, P Malanotte-Rizzoli and R Boscolo (Eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 27-148.

(12) de la Torre L, Ribera P, Gimeno L, Añel JA y Nieto R (2004) Utilización del momento angular relativo para el estudio de NAO/AOFísica de la Tierra 16, 73-82.

 

(11) García-Herrera R, Rubio F, Wheleer D, Hernández E, Prieto MR y Gimeno L (2004) The use of Spanish and British documentary sources in the investigation of Atlantic hurricanes in historical timesIn Hurricanes and Typhoons: past, present and future. Eds. Murnane R y Liu K, Prieto (Comp), Columbia University Press, New York, pp 149-176.

 

(10) García-Herrera R, García R, Prieto MR, Díaz H, Eisched J, Hernández E, Gimeno L, Rubio F y Bascary A (2004) El Galeón de Manila y el clima del Pacífico durante el siglo XVIIEn Estudios de historia y ambiente en América II. Eds. García-Martínez E y Prieto MR (Comp), El Colegio de México/IPGH, México.

 

(9) García R, Können G, Wheeler D y Gimeno L (2003) CLIWOC multilingual meteorological dictionaryKNMI-publicae 205, De Bilt, Netherlannds.

 

(8) Gallego D, García-Herrera R, Hernández E, Gimeno L y Ribera P (2002) Major influences on the Canary Islands precipitation, Advances in Global Change ResearchIn Climatic Change: Implications for the Hydrological Cycle and for Water Management (Vol 10), Kluwer Publishing Co., Amsterdam.

 

(7) Vidal O, Gimeno L, Ribera P, García R, Hernández E y Gallego D (2001) Exploring the possibilities of the advection of temperature to diagnose the influence of changes in the atmospheric circulation on global temperatureIn Preprints of the 1st International Conference on Global Warming and the Next Ice Age. 19-24 Agosto 2001, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canadá, pp. 220-223.

 

(6) de la Torre L , Gimeno L, Ribera P, García R, Hernández E. y Gallego D. (2001) The use of Atmospheric Relative angular Momentum to diagnose the Arctic OscillationIn Preprints of the 1st International Conference on Global Warming and the Next Ice Age. 19-24 Agosto 2001, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canadá, pp. 135-138.

 

(5) Calvo N, García R, Gimeno L, Hernández E, Gallego D y Ribera P (2001) Characterization of ENSO impact on tropospheric MSU temperatureIn Preprints of the 1st International Conference on Global Warming and the Next Ice Age. 19-24 Agosto 2001, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canadá, pp. 102-105.

 

(4) Ribera P, Gimeno L, García R, Hernández E y Venegas SA (2001) Statistical Methods for Field Analysis used in ClimatologyIn Spatial Statistics: Case Studies, J. Mateu and F. Montes (Eds), Series: Advances in Ecological Sciences 13, 300pp, Witpress, Southampton.

 

(3) Gimeno L, Añel JA, Jorge H, Ribera P, García R y Hernández E (2001) Temperature Component in the Common-Sense Index in northwestern Iberian PeninsulaIn Regional Climate Change and Modelling. Springer-Verlag, New York.

 

(2) Gimeno L (2000) Efectos extratropicales de ENSO. En El Niño: climatología, efectos y predicción. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, pp. 51-67.

 

(1) García R, Prieto MR, López A, Hernández E, Gimeno L y Herrera R (1999) The Archivo General de Indias (AGI): A Source of Surface Marine Climatological InformationEn WMO Technical Report nº 43. WMO/TD-Nº 957, Geneve.