Department of Applied Physics
Earth Sciences
Address:
“Campus da Auga” Building
Rúa Canella da Costa da Vela 12
Universidade de Vigo
32004 Ourense, Spain
Office: 2.6
e-mail: ltr@uvigo.es
Phone: +34 988 387 245
Scopus ID: 6701540496
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5305-6946
WoS ResearcherID: Y-3723-2019
Working Fields
- Climate diagnosis
- Climate change
- Troposphere-stratosphere coupling
- Influence of climate variability modes on atmospheric composition
- Synoptic meteorology
Publications
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]
V.M. Chavez-Perez, J.A. Añel, R. R. Garcia, P. Sacha, L. de la Torre (2022) Impact of Increased Vertical Resolution in WACCM on the Climatology of Major Sudden Stratospheric Warmings, Atmosphere, Vol. 13 Issue: 4 ; DOI: 10.3390/atmos13040546 (Published) [pdf]
P. Pisoft, P. Sacha, L. M. Polvani, J.A. Añel, L. de la Torre, R. Eichinger, U. Foelsche, P. Huszar, C. Jacobi, J. Karlicky, A. Kuchař, J. Miksovsky, M. Zak, H. E. Rieder (2021) Stratospheric contraction caused by increasing greenhouse gases, Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 16, 6, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abfe2b (Published) [pdf]
L. de la Torre, J.A. Añel (2020) Connections between the earth’s atmosphere and its magnetosphere, Contemporary Physics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00107514.2020.1860136 (Published) [pdf]
P. Sacha, R. Eichinger, H. Garny, P. Pisoft, S. Dietmüller, L. de la Torre, D. A. Plummer, P. Jöckel, O. Morgenstern, G. Zeng, N. Butchart, J.A. Añel (2019) Extratropical age of air trends and causative factors in climate projection simulations, Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, June 2019, Vol. 19, Issue 11, Pages 7627-7647, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7627-2019 (Published) [pdf]
C. Zülicke, E. Becker, V. Matthias, D. H. W. Peters, H. Schmidt, Han-Li Liu, L. de la Torre, D. M. Mitchell (2018) Coupling of Stratospheric Warmings with Mesospheric Coolings in Observations and Simulations, Journal of Climate, Volume 31 No. 3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0047.1 (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, G. Sáenz, I.A. Ramírez-González, E. Polychroniadou, R. Vidal-Mina, L. Gimeno, L. de la Torre (2017) Obtaining meteorological data from historical newspapers: La Integridad, Weather, 10.1002/wea.2841 (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, M. Fernández-González, X. Labandeira, X. López-Otero, L. de la Torre (2017) Impact of Cold Waves and Heat Waves on the Energy Production Sector, Atmosphere, 8(11), 209; doi:10.3390/atmos8110209 (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, D.R. Allen, G. Sáenz, L. Gimeno, L. de la Torre (2013) Equivalent Latitude Computation Using Regions of Interest (ROI), PLoS ONE, Volumen 8, Issue 9, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072970 (Published) [pdf]
A. Chandran, R.L. Collins, R.R. García, D.R. Marsh, V.L. Harvey, J. Yue, L. de la Torre (2013) A climatology of elevated stratopause events in the whole atmosphere community climate model, Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 1234–1246, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50123 (Published) [pdf]
X. Chen, J.A. Añel, Z. Su, L. de la Torre, H. Kelder, J. van Peet, Y. Ma (2013) The Deep Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Its Significance to the Stratosphere and Troposphere Exchange over the Tibetan Plateau, PLoS ONE, 8(2): e56909. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056909 (Published) [pdf]
L. de la Torre, R.R. García, D. Barriopedro, A. Chandran (2012) Climatology and characteristics of stratospheric sudden warmings in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, doi:10.1029/2011JD016840 (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, M. Blanco, L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno (2012) Recovery of meteorological data for the observatory of A Guarda, Spain, PLoS ONE, 7(6): e39281. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039281 (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno (2012) On the origin of the air between multiple tropopauses in mid-latitudes, The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2012, Article ID 191028, 5 pages. doi:10.1100/2012/191028 (Published) [pdf]
J.M. Castanheira, J.A. Añel, C.A.F. Marques, J.C. Antuña, M.L.R. Liberato, L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno (2010) Corregindum to Increase of upper troposphere/lower stratosphere wave baroclinicity during the second half of the 20th century, Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 10, 9057-9058, 2010 (Published) [pdf]
J.M. Castanheira, M.L.R. Liberato, L. de la Torre, H.F. Graf, C.C. DaCamara (2009) Baroclinic Rossby Wave Forcing and Barotropic Rossby Wave Response to Stratospheric Vortex Variability, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 902-914 (Published) [pdf]
J.M. Castanheira, J.C. Antuña, J.A. Añel, M.L.R. Liberato, L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno (2009) Increase of upper troposphere/lower stratosphere wave baroclinicity during the second half of the 20th century, Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 9, 9143-9153 (Published) [pdf]
P. Ribera, C. Peña-Ortiz, J.A. Añel, L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno (2009) Quasi-biennial modulation of the Northern Hemisphere tropopause height and temperature, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114(D7), doi: 10.1029/2007JD009765 (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, J.C. Antuña, L. de la Torre, J.M. Castanheira, L. Gimeno (2009) Climatological features of global multiple tropopause events, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114(D7), doi:10.1029/2007JD009697 (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, L. Gimeno, L. de la Torre, R.R. García (2008) Climate Modelling and Supercomputing: WACCM at CESGA, DIXITOS, Computational Science, Papers on Computational Science, 2(5), 31-32 (Published) [pdf]
L. de la Torre, R. Nieto, M. Noguerol, J.A. Añel, L. Gimeno (2008) A climatology based on reanalysis of baroclinic developmental regions in the extratropical Northern Hemisphere, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Special Issue ‘Trends and Directions in Climate Research\ (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, J.C. Antuña, L. de la Torre, J.M. Castanheira, L. Gimeno (2008) Climatological features of global multiple tropopause events, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D00B08, doi:10.1029/2007JD009697 (Published) [pdf]
P. Ribera, C. Peña-Ortiz, J.A. Añel, L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno (2008) Quasi-biennial modulation of the Northern Hemisphere tropopause height and temperature, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, doi: DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009765 (Published) [pdf]
J.M. Castanheira, M.L.R. Liberato, L. de la Torre, H.F. Graf, A. Rocha (2008) Annular versus non-annular variability of the Northern Hemisphere atmosphemic circulation, Journal of Climate, A21, 3180-3190 (Published) [pdf]
J.M. Castanheira, M.L.R. Liberato, L. de la Torre, H.F. Graf, A. Rocha (2008) Annular versus non-annular variability of the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation, Journal of Climate, 21(13), 3180-3190 (doi: 10.1175/2007JCLI1960.1) (Published) [pdf]
L. Gimeno, D. Gallego, L. de la Torre, R. Nieto, P. Ribera, R. Garcia-Herrera (2007) A new diagnostic of Stratospheric Polar Vortices, the variability of the stratospheric polar vortex, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 69, 1797-1812 (doi: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.07.013) (Published) [pdf]
R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, L. de la Torre, P. Ribera, D. Barriopedro, R. Garcia-Herrera, A. Serrano, A. Gordillo, A. Redaño, J. Lorente (2007) Interannual variability of cut-off low systems over the European sector: the role of blocking and the northern hemisphere circulation modes, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 96, 85-101 (doi 10.1007/s00703-006-0222-7) (Published) [pdf]
R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, J.A. Añel, L. de la Torre, D. Gallego, D. Barriopedro, M.C. Gallego, A. Gordillo, A. Redaño, G. Delgado (2007) Analysis of the precipitation and cloudiness associated with COLs occurrence in the Iberian Peninsula, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 96, 103-119 (doi 10.1007/s00703-006-0223-6) (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, J.C. Antuña, L. de la Torre, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, P. Ribera (2007) Global statistics of multiple tropopauses from the IGRA database, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L06709-1-5 (doi: 10.1029/2006GL029224) (Published) [pdf]
L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno, J.A. Añel, R. Nieto (2007) The role of the solar cycle on the NAO signature in Northern Hemisphere surface temperature, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 24(2), 191-198 (doi: 10.1007/s00376-007-0191-x) (Published) [pdf]
M.L.R. Liberato, J.M. Castanheira, L. de la Torre, C.C. DaCamara, L. Gimeno (2007) Wafe energy associated with the variability of the stratospheric polar vortex, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 2683-2694 2007 (Published) [pdf]
J.A. Añel, L. Gimeno, L. de la Torre, R. Nieto (2006) Changes in the tropopause height for the Eurasian region from CARDS radiosonde data, Naturwissenschaften, 93, 603-609; doi 10.1007/s00114-006-0147-5 (Published) [pdf]
L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno, J.A. Añel, R. Nieto (2006) Study of troposphere-stratosphere coupling through the Northern Annular Mode, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 68, 989-998 (doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2005.12.003) (Published) [pdf]
L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno, J.A. Añel, R. Nieto (2006) Solar Influence on the Northern Annular Mode Spatial Structure and QBO modulation, Advances in Space Research, 37, 1635-1639 (doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.018) (Published) [pdf]
R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, L. de la Torre, P. Ribera, D. Gallego, R. Garcia-Herrera, J. Agustín García, M. Núñez, A. Redaño, J. Lorente (2005) Climatology of cut-off lows in the Northern Hemisphere, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86-11, 1551-1552 (Published) [pdf]
M. Tesouro, L. de la Torre, R. Nieto, P. Ribera, D. Gallego, L. Gimeno (2005) Weekly cycle in NCAR-NCEP reanalysis surface temperature data, Atmósfera, 18-4, 205-209 (Published) [pdf]
R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, L. de la Torre, P. Ribera, D. Gallego, R. Garcia-Herrera, J. Agustín García, M. Núñez, A. Redaño, J. Lorente (2005) Climatological features of Cut-off low systems in the Northern Hemisphere, Journal of Climate, 18, 2805-2823 (Published) [pdf]
N.O. García, L. Gimeno, L. de la Torre, R. Nieto, J.A. Añel (2005) North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and precipitation in Galicia (Spain), Atmósfera, 18-1, 25-32 (Published) [pdf]
M. Tesouro, L. Gimeno, R. Nieto, L. de la Torre, P. Ribera, D. Gallego, R. Garcia-Herrera, E. Hernández (2005) Interannual variability of the annual cycle of temperature over Northern Africa, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 45, 141-151 (Published) [pdf]
P. Ribera, D. Gallego, L. Gimeno, J.F. Pérez, R. García, E. Hernández, L. de la Torre, R. Nieto, N. Calvo (2004) The use of equivalent temperature to analyze climate variability, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 48-2, 459-468 (Published) [pdf]
P. Ribera, L. Gimeno, D. Gallego, R. García, E. Hernández, L. de la Torre, R. Nieto, N. Calvo (2004) Two approaches for determining extreme years of global atmospheric temperature, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 48-2, 447-458 (Published) [pdf]
L. de la Torre, P. Ribera, L. Gimeno, J.A. Añel, R. Nieto (2004) Utilización del momento angular relativo para el estudio de NAO/AO, Física de la Tierra, 16, 73-82 (Published) [pdf]
L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno, P. Ribera, D. Gallego, R. García, E. Hernández (2003) Interannual variability of relative angular momentum in the northern hemisphere and its relationship with the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Arctic Oscillation, Atmósfera, 149-152 (Published) [pdf]
L. Gimeno, O. Vidal, R. Nieto, L. de la Torre, R. García, E. Hernández, R. Bojariu, P. Ribera, D. Gallego (2003) Impact of the extratropical dynamical modes upon troposphere temperature using an approach based on advection of temperature, International Journal of Climatology, 23, 399-404 (Published) [pdf]
L. Gimeno, L. de la Torre, R. Nieto, R. García, E. Hernández, P. Ribera (2003) Changes in the relationship NAO-Northern hemisphere temperature due to solar activity, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 206, 15-20 (Published) [pdf]
L. Gimeno, P. Ribera, R. Iglesias, L. de la Torre, R. García, E. Hernández (2002) Identification of empirical relationships between indices of ENSO and NAO and agricultural yields in Spain, Climate Research, 21, 165-172 (Published) [pdf]
L. de la Torre, L. Gimeno, P. Ribera, D. Gallego, R. García, E. Hernández (2002) The use of atmospheric relative angular momentum to diagnose the Arctic Oscillation, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 197, 215-223 (Published) [pdf]
L. Gimeno, P. Ribera, R. Nieto, J.F. Pérez, O. Vidal, L. de la Torre, D. Gallego, R. García, E. Hernández (2002) Imprints of the North Atlantic Oscillation on four unusual atmospheric parameters, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 202, 677-692 (Published) [pdf]