Rita M Cardoso
Profile
Research Group: RG1 – Climate variability processes and extremes
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Assistant Researcher
Email: rmcardoso@fc.ul.pt
Telephone Number: (351) 21-750-0863
Extension: 28301
Room: 8.3.01
Academic Degree and field of specialization:
PhD in Meteorology from the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, of the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds (UK). http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/13898/
Scientific Informations
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0259-6827
SCOPUS ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57195769430
Researcher ID: https://publons.com/researcher/2682433/rita-m-cardoso/
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rita_Cardoso3
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UqzZ8eUAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT&oi=ao
Website: http://idlcc.fc.ul.pt/people.php?id=33
Scientific Interests
Main Interests:
Modelling and analysis of climate change scenarios and their impact on the incidence of extreme meteorological phenomena. Impact of land use and land cover changes on weather and climate. High-resolution regional climate change simulations with transient land cover, dynamic vegetation, and groundwater flow
Atmospheric boundary layer, focusing on atmosphere-land interactions and fire propagation.
Top 10 Publications:
[1] Cardoso RM, Lima DCA, Soares PMM (2023) How persistent and hazardous will extreme temperature events become in a warming Portugal? Water and Climate Extremes
[2] Sofiadis G, Katragkou E, Davin EL, Rechid D, de Noblet-Ducoudre N, Breil M, Cardoso RM, Hoffmann P, Jach L, Meier R, Mooney PA, Soares PMM, Strada S, Toelle MH, Warrach Sagi K (2022) Afforestation impact on soil temperature in regional climate model simulations over Europe. Geoscientific Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 595–616. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-595-2022
[3] Cardoso RM, Soares PMM (2022). Is there added value in the EURO-CORDEX hindcast temperature simulations? Assessing the added value using climate distributions in Europe. International Journal of Climatology. 42 (7), 4024-4039. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7472
[4] Lavin‐Gullon A, Fernandez J, Bastin S, Cardoso RM, Fita L, Giannaros T M, Goergen K, Gutiérrez JM, Kartsios S, Katragkou E, Lorenz T, Milovac J, Soares PMM, Sobolowski S, Warrach-Sagi K (2021) Internal variability versus multi‐physics uncertainty in a regional climate model. International Journal of Climatology 41 (Suppl. 1): E656– E671. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6717
[5] Breil M, Rechid D, Davin EL, Noblet-Ducoudré N, Katragkou E, Cardoso RM, Hoffmann P, Jach LL, Soares PMM, Sofiadis G, Strada S, Strandberg G, Tölle MH, Warrach-Sagi K (2020) The Opposing Effects of Reforestation and Afforestation on the Diurnal Temperature Cycle at the Surface and in the Lowest Atmospheric Model Level in the European Summer. J. Climate 33 (21): 9159–9179. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0624.1
[6] Jacob D, Teichmann C, Sobolowski S, Katragkou E, Anders I, Belda M, Benestad R, Boberg F, Buonomo E, Cardoso RM, Casanueva A, Christensen OB, Christensen JH, Coppola E, De Cruz L, Davin EL, Dobler A, Domínguez M, Fealy R, Fernandez J, Gaertner MA, García-Díez M, Giorgi F, Gobiet A, Goergen K, Gómez-Navarro JJ, Alemán JJG, Gutiérrez C, Gutiérrez JM, Güttler I, Haensler A, Halenka T, Jerez S, Jiménez-Guerrero P, Jones RG, Keuler K, Kjellström E, Knist S, Kotlarski S, Maraun D, van Meijgaard E, Mercogliano P, Montávez JP, Navarra A, Nikulin G, Noblet-Ducoudré N, Panitz HJ, Pfeifer S, Piazza M, Pichelli E, Pietikäinen JP, Prein AF, Preuschmann S, Rechid D, Rockel B, Romera R, Sánchez E, Sieck K, Soares PMM, Somot S, Srnec L, Sørland SL, Termonia P, Truhetz H, Vautard R, Warrach-Sagi K, Wulfmeyer V (2020) Regional climate downscaling over Europe: perspectives from the EURO-CORDEX community. Reg Environ Change. 20, 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01606-9
[7] Coppola E, Sobolowski S , Pichelli E, Raffaele F, Ahrens B, Anders I, Ban N, Bastin S, Belda M, Belusic D, Caldas-Alvarez A, Cardoso RM, Davolio S, Dobler A, Fernandez J, Fita L, Fumiere Q, Giorgi F, Goergen K, Güttler I, Halenka T, Heinzeller D, Hodnebrog Ø, Jacob D, Kartsios S, Katragkou E, Kendon E, Khodayar S, Kunstmann H, Knist S, Lavín-Gullón A, Lind P, Lorenz T, Maraun D, Marelle L, van Meijgaard E, Milovac J, Myhre G, Panitz H-J, Piazza M, Raffa M, Raub T,Rockel B, Schär C, Sieck K, Soares PMM, Somot S , Srnec L, Stocchi P, Tölle MH, Truhetz H, Vautard R, de Vries H, Warrach-Sagi K (2020) A first-of-its-kind multi-model convection permitting ensemble for investigating convective phenomena over Europe and the Mediterranean. Climate Dynamics, 55, 3-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4521-8
[8] Herrera S, Cardoso RM, Soares PM, Espírito-Santo F, Viterbo P, Gutiérrez JM (2019) Iberia01: a new gridded dataset of daily precipitation and temperatures over Iberia. Earth Syst. Sci. Data. 11, 1947–1956, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1947-2019
[9] Soares PMM, Careto JAM, Cardoso RM, Georgen K, Trigo RM (2019) Land-Atmosphere coupling regimes in a future climate in Africa: from model evaluation to projections based on CORDEX-Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 124(21) 11118-11142. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029473
[10] Cardoso RM, Soares PMM, Lima DCA, Miranda PMA (2019) Mean and extreme temperatures in a warming climate: EURO CORDEX and WRF regional climate high-resolution projections for Portugal. Climate Dynamics, 52, 1-2, 129-157. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4124-4 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00382-, 018-4124-4
Projects (10 most relevant):
PI Research Projects
LEADING – Land Use Changes and Mitigation of Global Warming. PTDC/CTA-MET/28914/2017 (2019-2022).
Research Projects
DHEFEUS - Droughts, heatwaves, and fires: Exploring compound and cascading hazards and their impacts in air quality at the European scale under a climate change perspective - 2022.09185.PTDC (2023-2026). Coordinated by Dr Ana Russo
COST Action CA17109, DAMOCLES - UnDerstanding And Modeling cOmpound CLimate and weather EventS (2018-2022). Coordinated by Dr Jakob Zscheischler, University of Bern, Switzerland
SOLAR - Earth System Modelling of the Eastern Atlantic Region - PTDC/GEO-MET/7078/2014 (2017-2019). Coordinated by Dr Pedro M M Soares
PIEZAGRO - Vulnerability risk assessment for the agroforestry sector in South Portugal under climate change: Impact of the evolution of the piezometric level - PTDC/AAG-REC/7046/2014 (2016-2018). Coordinated by Dr Cathy Kruz-Besson , 169k€
CORDEX- Member of World Climate Research Programme CORDEX (A COordinated Regional climate Downscaling Experiment) project EURO-CORDEX initiative.
EURO-CORDEX Flagship Pilot Studies
“Convective phenomena at high resolution over Europe and the Mediterranean”,
“LUCAS – Land Use and Climate Across Scales” (2011 - )
EUPORIAS- EUropean Provision Of Regional Impact Assessment on a Seasonal-to-decadal scale. Project FP7-ENV-2012 (2012-2016). Coordinated by Dr. Carlo Buontempo, Met-Office, UK.
COST Action ES1102, VALUE - Validating and Integrating Downscaling Methods for Climate Change Research (2012-2015). Coordinated by Professor Douglas Maraun, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
SHARE - Seamless High-resolution Atmosphere-ocean Research - RECI/GEO-MET/0380/2012 (2013-2015). Coordinated by Prof. Dr. Pedro Miranda
FUTUROLIVE - Effects of climate change on olive crop, yield and economics -PTDC/AGR-AAM/104562/2008 (2010-2013). Coordinated by Prof. Dr. Jose Paulo de Melo e Abreu
Conferences (last 15 presentations):
[1] Cardoso RM, Erika Coppola, Marie-Estelle Demory, Hylke De Vries, Andreas Dobler, Hendrik Feldmann, Marco Gaetani, Klaus Görgen, Elizabeth J Kendon, Geert Lenderink, Emanuela Pichelli, Christoph Schär, Soares PMM, Samuel Somot, Merja H Tölle: Convection-permitting climate models Offer More Certain Extreme Rainfall Projections. EGU General Assembly 2022. 23-27 May 2022, EGU22-7679, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7679
[2] Pier Andrea Marras, Lima DCA, Soares PMM, Cardoso RM, Medas Daniela, Dore Elisabett, De Giudici Giovanni: Climate change effects in a Mediterranean island and streamflow changes for a small area using EURO-CORDEX simulations combined with the SWAT model EGU General Assembly 2022. 23-27 May 2022. EGU22-756, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-756
[3] Careto JAM, Soares PMM, Cardoso RM, Ana Russo, Daniela C. A. Lima: A new ensemble-based SPI and SPEI index to depict droughts projections for the Iberia Peninsula with the EURO-CORDEX. EGU General Assembly 2022. 23-27 May 2022. EGU22-12405, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12405
[4] Lima DCA, Cardoso RM, Soares PMM: Response of the surface climate to different groundwater options using the WRF model. EGU General Assembly 2022. 23-27 May 2022. EGU22-8210, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-8210
[5] Hoffmann, P., Rechid, D., Reinhart, V., Asmus, C., Böhner, J., Breil, M., Cardoso RM, Davin, E. L., Katragkou, E., Lima DCA, Sofiadis, G., Strada, S., and Tölle, M. H.: Implementierung von Landnutzungsänderungsdaten in ein Ensemble von regionalen Klimamodellen, DACH2022, Leipzig, Deutschland, 21–25 Mar 2022, DACH2022-204, https://doi.org/10.5194/dach2022-204, 2022
[6] Cardoso RM, Lima DCA, Soares PMM, Rechid, D., Breil, M., Coppola, E., Davin, E., Hoffmann, P., Jach, L., Katragkou, E. K., Meier, R., Mooney, P. A., de Noblet-Ducoudré, N., Panitz, H.-J., Sofiadis, I., Strada, S., Strandberg, G., Tölle, M., and Warrach-Sagi, K.: Land-atmosphere coupling during compound extreme heat and drought events in the LUCAS experiment: a new coupling metric for climate extremes, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-15797, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15797
[7] Bento, V. A., Ribeiro, A. F. S., Russo, A., Gouveia, C. M., Cardoso RM, Soares PMM: The impact of climate change in wheat and barley yields in the Iberian Peninsula, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-4763, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-4763, 2021
[8] Lima DCA, Cardoso RM, Soares PMM: Response of the surface climate to different land surface models: WRF sensitivity to surface model options, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-15663, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15663, 2021
[9] Fosser, G., Adinolfi, M., Ban, N., Belusic, D., Berthou, S., Caillaud, C., Cardoso RM, Coppola, E., De Vries, H., Dobler, A., Feldmann, H., Goergen, K., Kendon, E. J., Lenderink, G., Panitz, H.-J., Pichelli, E.,Soares PMM, Somot, S., Tölle, M. H., and Vergara-Temprado, J.: Can Convection‐Permitting Models really Offer Promise of More Certain Extreme Rainfall Projections?, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-11001, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-11001, 2021
[10] Ban, N., Brisson, E., Caillaud, C., Coppola, E., Pichelli, E., Sobolowski, S., Adinolfi, M., Ahrens, B., Alias, A., Anders, I., Bastin, S., Belusic, D., Berthou, S., Cardoso RM, Chan, S., Christensen, O., Fernandez, J., Fita, L., Frisius, T., and Goergen, K. and Erika Coppola: The first multi-model ensemble of regional climate simulations at kilometer-scale resolution, Part I: Evaluation of precipitation, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-22378, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-22378, 2020
[11] Pichelli, E., Coppola, E., Ban, N., Giorgi, F., Stocchi, P., Alias, A., Belušić, D., Berthou, S., Caillaud, C., Cardoso RM, Chan, S., Christensen, O. B., Dobler, A., de Vries, H., Goergen, K., Kendon, E. J., Keuler, K., Lenderink, G., Lorenz, T., Mishra, A. N., Panitz, H.-J., Schär, C.,Soares PMM, Truhetz, H., and Vergara-Temprado, J.: Precipitation projections of the first multi-model ensemble of regional climate simulations at convection permitting scale, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-2687, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-2687, 2020
[12] Bastin S, Ha MT, Drobinski P, Chiriaco M, Bock O, Fita-Borrel L and model providers from EURO and Med-CORDEX communities (2019) Multi-model analysis of triggering of precipitation : impact of model resolution and convection representation, and evolution in a warmer climate. International Conference on Regional Climate-CORDEX 2019 (ICRC-CORDEX 2019), Beijing (China)
[13] Lavín Gullón A, Fernandez J., Bastin, S., Cardoso RM, Fita L., Giannaros, T. M., Goergen K., Gutierrez J.M, Kartsios, S., Katragkou, E., Lorenz, T., Milovac J.,Soares PMM, Sobolowski, S., Warrach-Sagi, K. (2019) Case study reproducibility in a convection-permitting WRF multi-physics ensemble: the role of internal variability International Conference on Regional Climate-CORDEX 2019 (ICRC-CORDEX 2019), Beijing (China)
[14] Cardoso RM, Careto JAM, Soares PMM (2019) LECTM, a new coupling metric for climate extremes: analysis of extreme land-atmosphere coupling in CORDEX-Africa. 27th IUGG General Assembly 2019, Monreal (Canada)
[15] Russo A, Gouveia CM, Soares PMM, Cardoso RM, Trigo RM (2019) The influence of meteorological conditions on the extreme 2014 Legionella episode. ECCA 2019. Lisbon (Portugal)