Central America
J. Eiras-Barca, J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, G. Alvarez-Socorro, S. Rahimi-Esfarjani, P. Carrasco-Pena, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2025) Projected changes in moisture sources and sinks affecting theUS East Coast and the Caribbean Sea, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15289 [pdf]
J. C. Fernández-Álvarez, G. Alvarez-Socorro, A.M. Durán-Quesada, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2024) Future Changes in the Contribution of Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea Moisture Source: Impacts on Regional Precipitation Patterns, Earth Systems and Environment; doi: doi.org/10.1007/s41748-024-00532-8
A.M. Durán-Quesada, R. Sorí, P. Ordoñez, L. Gimeno (2020) Climate Perspectives in the Intra–Americas Seas, Atmosphere 11(9), 959, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11090959
A.M. Durán-Quesada, L. Gimeno, J. Amador (2017) Role of moisture transport for Central American precipitation, Earth System Dynamics 8, doi:10.5194/esd-8-147-2017
R. Sorí, A. Drumond, R. Nieto (2015) Moisture contribution of the Atlantic Warm Pool to precipitation, Front in Env Sci, 3:22, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2015.00022
A.M. Durán-Quesada, M.S. Reboita, L. Gimeno (2012) Precipitation in tropical America and the associated sources of moisture: a short review, Hydrological Sciences Journal 57 (4), 1–13, doi:10.1080/02626667.2012.673723
A. Drumond, L. Gimeno, R. Nieto (2011) On the contribution of the Tropical Western Hemisphere Warm Pool source of moisture to the northern hemisphere precipitation through a lagrangian approach, Journal of Geophysical Research 116, D00Q04, doi:10.1029/2010JD015397
A.M. Durán-Quesada, L. Gimeno, J.A. Amador, R. Nieto, (2010) Moisture sources for Central America: Identification of moisture sources using a Lagrangian analysis technique, Journal of Geophysical Research 15, D05103, doi: 10.1029/2009JD012455
South America
F. Dominguez, J. Eiras-Barca, Z. Yang, D. Bock, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2022) Amazonian Moisture Recycling Revisited Using WRF With Water Vapor Tracers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 127 (4), doi: 10.1029/2021JD035259
D. Ferreira Braz, T. Ambrizzi, R.P. da Rocha, I. Algarra, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno (2021) Assessing the Moisture Transports Associated With Nocturnal Low-Level Jets in Continental South America, Frontiers in Environmental Science 9, Art. 657764; doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.657764
A. Drumond, M. Stojanovic, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, M.L.R. Liberato, T. Pauliquevis, M. Oliveira, T. Ambrizzi (2021) Dry and Wet Climate Periods over Eastern South America: Identification and Characterization through the SPEI Index, Atmosphere 12(2) 155, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12020155
J. Eiras-Barca, F. Domínguez, Z. Yang, D. Chug, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, G. Miguez-Macho (2020) Changes in South American hydroclimate under projected Amazonian deforestation, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Special Issue: The Year in Climate Science Research, doi: 10.1111/nyas.14364
A.M. Ramos, R.C. Blamey, I. Algarra, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, R. Tomé, C. Reason, R.M. Trigo (2019) From Amazonia to southern Africa: atmospheric moisture transport through low-level jets and atmospheric rivers, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1436(1), 217-230, doi: 10.1111/nyas.13960
R. Sorí, J. Marengo, R. Nieto, A. Drumond, L. Gimeno (2018) The Atmospheric Branch of the Hydrological Cycle over the Negro and Madeira River Basins in the Amazon Region, Water 10(6), https://doi.org/10.3390/w10060738
I. Hoyos, F. Domínguez, J. Cañón-Barriga, J.A. Martínez, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, P.A. Dirmeyer (2018) Moisture origin and transport processes in Colombia, northern South America, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-3653-6
L.F. Gozzo, R.P. da Rocha, L. Gimeno, A. Drumond (2017) Climatology and numerical case study of moisture sources associated with subtropical cyclogenesis over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122, doi:10.1002/2016JD025764
L.A. Pampuch, A. Drumond, L. Gimeno, T. Ambrizzi (2016) Anomalous patterns of SST and moisture sources in the South Atlantic Ocean associated with dry events in southeastern Brazil, International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.4679
A. Drumond, J. Marengo, T. Ambrizzi, R. Nieto, L. Moreira, L. Gimeno (2014) The role of Amazon Basin moisture on the atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle: a Lagrangian analysis, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18, 2577-2598, doi:10.5194/hessd-18-2577-2598
A. Drumond, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, R.M. Trigo, T. Ambrizzi, E. De Souza (2010) A Lagrangian identification of the sources of moisture over Northeastern Brazil during its pre-rainy and rainy seasons, PLoS ONE 5 (6), e11205
A. Drumond, R. Nieto, L. Gimeno, T. Ambrizzi (2008) A Lagrangian identification of major sources of moisture over Central Brazil and La Plata Basin, Journal of Geophysical Research 113, D14128, doi:10.1029/2007JD009547
R. Nieto, D. Gallego, R.M. Trigo, P. Ribera, L. Gimeno (2008) Dynamic identification of moisture sources in the Orinoco basin in equatorial South America, Hydrological Sciences Journal 53 (3), 602-617