Central and South America

 

Central America

J. Eiras-BarcaJ. C. Fernández-ÁlvarezG. Alvarez-Socorro, S. Rahimi-Esfarjani, P. Carrasco-Pena, R. NietoL. Gimeno (2025) Projected changes in moisture sources and sinks affecting theUS East Coast and the Caribbean SeaAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15289 [pdf]

J. C. Fernández-ÁlvarezG. Alvarez-Socorro, A.M. Durán-Quesada, R. NietoL. Gimeno (2024) Future Changes in the Contribution of Gulf of Mexico-Caribbean Sea Moisture Source: Impacts on Regional Precipitation PatternsEarth 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 SeasAtmosphere 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 precipitationEarth 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 precipitationFront 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 reviewHydrological Sciences Journal 57 (4), 1–13, doi:10.1080/02626667.2012.673723

A. Drumond, L. GimenoR. Nieto (2011) On the contribution of the Tropical Western Hemisphere Warm Pool source of moisture to the northern hemisphere precipitation through a lagrangian approachJournal 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 techniqueJournal of Geophysical Research 15, D05103, doi: 10.1029/2009JD012455

South America

F. Dominguez, J. Eiras-Barca, Z. Yang, D. Bock, R. NietoL. Gimeno (2022) Amazonian Moisture Recycling Revisited Using WRF With Water Vapor TracersJournal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 127 (4), doi: 10.1029/2021JD035259

D. Ferreira Braz, T. Ambrizzi, R.P. da Rocha, I. AlgarraR. NietoL. Gimeno (2021) Assessing the Moisture Transports Associated With Nocturnal Low-Level Jets in Continental South AmericaFrontiers in Environmental Science 9, Art. 657764; doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.657764

A. Drumond, M. StojanovicR. NietoL. 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 IndexAtmosphere 12(2) 155, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12020155

J. Eiras-Barca, F. Domínguez, Z. Yang, D. Chug, R. NietoL. Gimeno, G. Miguez-Macho (2020) Changes in South American hydroclimate under projected Amazonian deforestationAnnals 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. AlgarraR. NietoL. Gimeno, R. Tomé, C. Reason, R.M. Trigo (2019) From Amazonia to southern Africa: atmospheric moisture transport through low-level jets and atmospheric riversAnnals 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 RegionWater 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 AmericaClimate 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 OceanJournal 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 analysisHydrology and Earth System Sciences 18, 2577-2598, doi:10.5194/hessd-18-2577-2598 

A. Drumond, R. NietoL. 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 seasonsPLoS 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 BasinJournal 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 AmericaHydrological Sciences Journal 53 (3), 602-617