7 May, 2019

Dra. Raquel Nieto

Department of Applied Physics
Earth Sciences
Address: 
“Campus Auga” Building
Rúa Canella da Costa da Vela 12
Universidade de Vigo
32004 Ourense, Spain
Office: 2.2
e-mail: rnieto@uvigo.es
Phone: +34 988 387 248

Fax: +34 988 387 227

Working Fields

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

Publications


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]


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]