Miguel Ângelo Cortez Teixeira
Profile
Research Group: RG1 – Climate variability processes and extremes
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Assistant Researcher (Investigador Auxiliar)
Email: mateixeira@fc.ul.pt
Extension: 521104
Room: FCUL, Edifício C1, room 1.1.04
Academic Degree and field of specialization:
I have a Licenciate degree in Geophysical Sciences (Meteorology) awarded by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), a PhD in Meteorology awarded by the University of Reading (United Kingdom), and an Agregação (habilitation) title in Geophysical and Geoinformation Sciences (Meteorology), awarded by FCUL. Before arriving to IDL in November 2025, my most recent previous jobs were at the University of Reading (until May 2024) and at the University of Porto (June 2024 – October 2025).
Scientific Informations
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1205-3233
SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=9037147000
Researcher ID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1784010
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miguel-Teixeira-13?ev=hdr_xprf
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KiB0PhgAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=2
Scientific Interests
Main Interests:
Meteorology; Physical oceanography; Fluid mechanics; Applied mathematics; Wave theory; Turbulence theory; Buoyancy/gravity waves; Geophysical turbulence
Top 10 Publications:
1. Houtman, H.G., Teixeira, M.A.C., Gray, S.L., Sheridan, P. & Vosper S. (2025) Evaluating trapped lee-wave characteristics over the UK and Ireland in convection-permitting model forecasts using satellite imagery, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 151, e4921, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4921
2. van Niekerk, A., Vosper, S.B. & Teixeira, M.A.C. (2023) Accounting for the three-dimensional nature of mountain waves: Parametrizing partial critical-level filtering, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149, 515–536, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4421
3. Teixeira, M.A.C. & Argaín, J.L. (2022) The drag exerted by weakly dissipative trapped lee waves on the atmosphere: application to Scorer’s two-layer model, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148, 3211–3230, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4355
4. Teixeira, M.A.C., Argaín, J.L. & Xu, X. (2020) Reflection of nonlinear mountain waves by critical levels: behaviour of the reflection coefficient, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146, 1009–1025, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3722
5. Teixeira, M.A.C. (2018) A model for the wind-driven current in the wavy oceanic surface layer: apparent friction velocity reduction and roughness length enhancement, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48, 2721–2736, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-18-0086.1
6. Teixeira, M.A.C., Paci, A. & Belleudy, A. (2017) Drag produced by waves trapped at a density interface in non-hydrostatic flow over an axisymmetric hill, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 74, 1839–1857, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0199.1
7. Guarino, M.V., Teixeira, M.A.C. & Ambaum, M.H.P. (2016) Turbulence generation by mountain wave breaking in flows with directional wind shear, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 142, 2715–2726, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2862
8. Teixeira, M.A.C. (2014) The physics of orographic gravity wave drag, Frontiers in Physics – Atmospheric Science, 2, 43, doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2014.00043
9. Teixeira, M.A.C., Argaín, J.L. & Miranda, P.M.A. (2013) Drag produced by trapped lee waves and propagating mountain waves in a two-layer atmosphere, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 139, 964–981, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2008
10. Teixeira, M.A.C. (2012) The influence of Langmuir turbulence on the scaling for the dissipation rate in the oceanic boundary layer, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 117, C05015, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007235
Projects (10 most relevant):
1. Team leader, then team member of “A new diagnostic for fluid flow instability and turbulence generation”, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading (DMUR), Research Project Grant funded by the Leverhulme Trust, Contract RPG-2023-138, PI March 2024–May 2024, Co-I June 2024-February 2027, £ 292 795 (approximately € 336 645).
2. Team leader of “Towards a reformulation of surface layer theory for boundary layers over mountainous terrain”, DMUR, International Exchanges Grant funded by the Royal Society, Contract IES\R2\212118, April 2022–May 2024, £ 12 000 (approximately € 13 798).
3. Team leader of “GLIMFLO – Global to Local IMpacts of FLow over Orography”, DMUR, Marie Curie Career Integration Grant funded by the European Commission, Contract PCIG13-GA-2013-618016, September 2013–August 2017, € 100 000.
4. Team leader, then team member of “EDWARD – Extreme Downslope Winds And Resonant mountain Drag enhancement in structured atmospheres”, Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FFCUL), funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Contract PTDC/CTE-ATM/122501/2010, PI March 2012–August 2012, Co-I September 2012-February 2015, € 14 000.
5. Team leader of “AWARE – Amplification of Wind And Rain in coastal and topographic Environments”, FFCUL, funded by FCT, Contract PTDC/CTE-ATM/65125/2006, September 2007–December 2010, € 60 000.
6. Team member of “SHARE – Seamless High-resolution Atmosphere-ocean REsearch”, FFCUL, funded by FCT, Contract RECI/GEO-MET/0380/2012, July 2013–June 2016, € 250 000.
7. Team member of “SMOG – Structure of MOist convection in high-resolution GNSS observations and models”, FFCUL, funded by FCT, Contract PTDC/CTE-ATM/119922/2010, March 2012–February 2015, € 65 000.
8. Team member of “Turbulent entrainment: physics and large-eddy simulation (LES)”, Instituto de Engenharia Mecânica (IDMEC), funded by FCT, Contract PTDC/EME-MFE/099636/2008, January 2010–December 2012, € 40 000.
9. Team member of “BOSS – Boundary layer and Orographic Subgrid-Scale effects in climate models”, FFCUL, funded by FCT, Contract POCTI/CTE-ATM/58932/2004, 2005–2008, € 62 000.
10. Team member of “BULET – BoUndary Layer Effects and Turbulence in complex terrain”, Instituto de Ciências da Terra e do Espaço (ICTE), funded by FCT, Contract POCTI/CTA/33980/99, 2001–2005, € 139 663.
Books & Chapters (up to 10):
1. Teixeira, M.A.C. (2019) “Langmuir circulation and instability”, in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 3rd Edition, editors J.K. Cochran, H. Bokuniewicz & P. Yager, Elsevier, pp. 92–106 (by invitation), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.04176-2
2. Teixeira, M.A.C. & Belcher, S.E. (2007) “Generation of waves by shear turbulence at an air-water interface”, in Advances in Turbulence XI, editors J.M.L.M. Palma, & A. Silva Lopes, Springer, pp. 618–620, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72604-3_196
3. Teixeira, M.A.C. (2002) “The connection between Langmuir circulations and turbulence in a rotating shear flow”, in Advances in Turbulence IX, editors I.P. Castro, P.E. Hancock & T.G. Thomas, CIMNE Barcelona (ISBN: 84-95999-07-2), pp. 613–616.
4. Teixeira, M.A.C. & Miranda, P.M.A. (1996) “Development of an integral model for the dispersion of hot and moist gases”, in Air Pollution IV - Monitoring, Simulation and Control, editors B. Caussade, H. Power & C.A. Brebbia, Computational Mechanics Publications (ISBN: 978-1-85312-422-8), 89–98.
5. Editor of “Island Dynamical Systems: Atmosphere, Ocean and Biogeochemical Processes” (eBook) (2022) Special issue of Frontiers in Marine Science - Coastal Ocean Processes, Physical Oceanography e Frontiers in Earth Science - Atmospheric Science, 7, Editors: Caldeira, R.M., Teixeira, M.A.C., Pattiaratchi, C.B. Frontiers Media SA (ISBN: 978-2- 88974-707-8), doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88974-707-8
6. Editor of “The Atmosphere over Mountainous Regions” (eBook) (2016), Special Issue of Frontiers in Earth Science - Atmospheric Science, 4, Editors: Teixeira, M.A.C., Kirshbaum, D.J., Ólafsson, H., Sheridan, P.F. & Stiperski, I. Frontiers Media SA (ISBN: 978-2-88945-016-9), doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88945-016-9
Conferences (last 15 presentations):
1. Teixeira, M.A.C. & Argaín, J.L. (2025) “Estimating orographic gravity wave drag based on the vertical velocity field of 2D trapped lee waves”. Talk presented at the “37th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology”, Poreč, Croatia, 29 September–3 October 2025.
2. Houtman, H.G., Teixeira, M.A.C., Gray, S.L., Vosper, S., Sheridan, P. & van Niekerk, A. (2025) “Investigating lee wave trapping mechanisms over the UK and Ireland”. Talk presented (by H. Houtman) at the “37th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology”, Poreč, Croatia, 29 September–3 October 2025.
3. Foudad, M., Teixeira, M.A.C. & Williams, P. (2025) “A new diagnostic for improved forecasting of aviation turbulence hazards”, Talk presented (by M. Foudad) at the “EMS Annual Meeting 2025”, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7–12 September 2025.
4.Rømke, O., Smeltzer, B., Teixeira, M.A.C., Moen, K., van den Bremer, T., Hearst, R. & Ellingsen, S. (2025) “Mean current created by wave-turbulence interactions: experiment and theory”, Talk presented (by O. Rømke) at the “2nd European Fluid Dynamics Conference”, Dublin, Ireland, 26–29 August 2025.
5. Foudad, M., Teixeira, M.A.C. & Williams, P. (2025) “New diagnostic for turbulence generation”. Talk presented (by M. Foudad) at the “AOGS2025 22nd Annual Meeting”, Singapore, 27 July–1 August 2025.
6. Houtman, H.G., Teixeira, M.A.C., Gray, S.L., Vosper, S., Sheridan, P. & van Niekerk, A. (2025) “Investigating lee wave trapping mechanisms over the UK and Ireland”. Talk presented (by H. Houtman) at the “European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2025”, Vienna, Austria, 27 April–2 May 2025.
7. Teixeira, M.A.C. & Argaín, J.L. (2023) “The momentum fluxes produced by weakly dissipative trapped lee waves: application to Scorer’s two-layer atmosphere”. Talk presented at the “36th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology”, St Gallen, Switzerland, 19–23 June 2023.
8. Turner, H.V., Teixeira, M.A.C. & Methven, J. (2023) “How is orographic gravity wave drag affected by a stable boundary layer”. Poster presented at the “36th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology”, St Gallen, Switzerland, 19–23 June 2023.
9. Xu, X., Li, R., Teixeira, M.A.C., Lu, Y. (2023) “The drag produced by vertically-propagating non-hydrostatic mountain waves generated by three-dimensional orography”. Poster presented at the “36th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology”, St Gallen, Switzerland, 19–23 June 2023.
10. Teixeira, M.A.C. & Argaín, J.L. (2022) “The momentum flux profiles produced by trapped lee waves”. Talk presented at the “European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2022”, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 April 2022.
11. Teixeira, M.A.C. (2021) “Insights into surface layer turbulence over mountainous terrain from RDT and the upper ocean”. Talk presented at the Topical Session on “Surface layer scaling over complex terrain: observations, theories, open questions” of the “ICAM 2021 Online Event”, 8–10 June 2021.
12. Xavier, R.P., da Silva, C.B., Teixeira, M.A.C. (2019) “Statistics of the irrotational flow region near the turbulent/non-turbulent interface layer”. Talk presented (by R.P. Xavier) at the “17th European Turbulence Conference”, Turin, Italy, 3–6 September 2019.
13. Teixeira, M.A.C. & Argaín, J. L. (2019) “The gravity wave reflection coefficient of a critical level in nonlinear hydrostatic flow over a 3D mountain”. Talk presented at the “35th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology”, Riva del Garda, Italy, 2–6 September 2019.
14. Teixeira, M.A.C. & Argaín, J. L. (2019) “Variation of the reflection coefficient for gravity waves with the sharpness of atmospheric profile transitions in linear flow over a 2D mountain”. Poster presented at the “35th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology”, Riva del Garda, Italy, 2–6 September 2019.
15. Teixeira, M.A.C., Arscott, S., Cox, S.J. & Teixeira, P.I.C. (2018) “When is a surface foam-phobic or foam-philic?”. Poster presented at the “EUFOAM 2018 conference”, Liège, Belgium, 10–12 July 2018.
Awards
“Top Reviewers in Geosciences” Web of Science/Publons Prize, September 2018
Distinction as “Featured Article (Editor’s Highlight)” of Teixeira & Argaín (2022) “The drag exerted by weakly-dissipative trapped lee waves on the atmosphere: application to Scorer’s two-layer model”, by the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.