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Ana Russo

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: acrusso@fc.ul.pt

Instituto Dom Luiz
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa
Campo Grande, Edf. C8, Piso 3, Sala 8.3.15
1749-016 Lisbon
Portugal

Areas of Scientific activity

Extreme events, Environmental Applications, Air Quality, Wildfires, Circulation Weather Types, Neural Network models, Geostatistical modeling.

Publications

2022


Libonati R., Geirinhas J.L., Silva P.S., Dos Santos D.M., Rodrigues J.A., Russo A., Peres L.F., Narcizo L., Gomes M.E., Rodrigues A.P. and DaCamara C.C., Pereira J.M.C., Trigo R.M. (2022) Drought-heatwave nexus in Brazil and related impacts on health and fires: A comprehensive review. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1517, 44-62. DOI:10.1111/nyas.14887


Bento V.A., Russo A., Dutra E., Ribeiro A.F., Gouveia C.M. and Trigo R.M. (2022) Persistence versus dynamical seasonal forecasts of cereal crop yields. Scientific Reports, 12(1). 12, 7422. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11228-2


Geirinhas J.L., Russo A.C., Libonati, R., Miralles D.G., Sousa P.M., Wouters H. and Trigo R.M. (2022) The influence of soil dry-out on the record-breaking hot 2013/2014 summer in Southeast Brazil. Scientific Reports. 12, 5836. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09515-z


Simon A., Plecha S.M., Russo A., Teles-Machado A., Donat M.G., Auger P.A. and Trigo R.M. (2022) Hot and cold marine extreme events in the Mediterranean over the period 1982-2021. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.892201


Almeida H.S., Sousa M., Mascarenhas I., Russo A., Barrento M., Mendes M., Nogueira P., Trigo R.M. (2022) The dynamics of patient visits to a public hospital paediatric emergency department: a time-series model. Pediatric Emergency Care, 38 (1), p e240-245. DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002235


Libonati R., Geirinhas J.L., Silva P.S., Russo A., Rodrigues J.A., Belém L.B., Nogueira J., Roque F.O., DaCamara C.C., Nunes A.M., Marengo J.A. and Trigo R.M (2022) Assessing the role of compound drought and heatwave events on unprecedented 2020 wildfires in the Pantanal. Environmental Research Letters, 17, p.015005. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ac462e


Sousa P.M., Trigo R.M., Russo A., Geirinhas J.L., Rodrigues A., Silva S. and Torres A. (2022) Heat-related mortality amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. International journal of biometeorology, 66, pages 457–468. DOI: 10.1007/s00484-021-02192-z

2021


Bento VA, Ribeiro AFS, Russo A, Gouveia CA, Cardoso RM, Soares (2021) The impact of climate change in wheat and barley yields in the Iberian . Sci Rep 11, 15484. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95014-6


Liberato M.L.R., Montero I., Gouveia C., Russo A., Ramos A.M. and Trigo R.M. (2021) Rankings of extreme and widespread dry and wet events in the Iberian Peninsula between 1901 and 2016. Earth Systems Dynamics, 12, 197–210. DOI: 10.5194/esd-12-197-2021


Zezheng Zhao, Zeming Zhou, Ana Russo, Hailing Xi, Jiping Zhang, Huadong Du, Chengjun Zhou (2021) Comparative analysis of the impact of weather conditions and human activities on air quality in the Dongting and Poyang Lake Region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Atmospheric Pollution Research, Available online 20 April 2021, 101054, In Press, doi: 10.1016/j.apr.2021.101054


Almeida, Helena Seabra MD; Sousa, Margarida; Mascarenhas, Inês; Russo, Ana; Barrento, Manuel; Mendes, Manuel; Nogueira, Paulo; Trigo, Ricardo; (2021) The Dynamics of Patient Visits to a Public Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department: A Time-Series Model. Pediatric Emergency Care: September 9, 2020 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue - doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002235


Patrícia Páscoa, Ana Russo, Célia M. Gouveia, Pedro M. M. Soares, Rita M. Cardoso, João A. M. Careto, Andreia F. S. Ribeiro (2021) A high-resolution view of the recent drought trends over the Iberian Peninsula. Weather and Climate Extremes. DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2021.100320


Marcos Rodrigues, Dhais Peña-Angulo, Ana Russo, María Zúñiga-Antón and Adrián Cardil (2021) Do climate teleconnections modulate wildfire-prone conditions over the Iberian Peninsula?. Environmental Research Letters. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abe25d


Geirinhas J., Russo A., Libonati R., Sousa P.M., Miralles D.G., Trigo R.M. (2021) Recent increasing frequency of compound summer drought and heatwaves in Southeast Brazil. Environmental Research Letters. 16 034036. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abe0eb


Salas R., Perez-Villadoniga M. J., Prieto-Rodriguez J., Russo A. (2021) Were traffic restrictions in Madrid effective at reducing NO2 levels?. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 91, 102689.


Cavaleiro R.. Russo A., Sousa P. M., Durão R. (2021) Association between Prevailing Circulation Patterns and Coarse Particles in Portugal. Atmosphere 2021, 12(1), 85

2020


Páscoa P., Gouveia C. M., Russo A. C., Bojariu R., Vicente-Serrano S. M., Trigo R. M. (2020) Drought Impacts on Vegetation in Southeastern Europe. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12(13), 2156


Ribeiro A. F.S., Russo A., Gouveia C. M., Pires C. A.L. (2020) Drought-related hot summers: A joint probability analysis in the Iberian Peninsula. Weather and Climate Extremes, 2020, 30: 100279.


Ruffault J., Curt T., Moron V., Trigo R. M., Mouillot F., Koutsias N., Pimont F., Martin-StPaul N., Barbero R., Dupuy J. L., Russo A., Belhadj-Khedher C. (2020) Increased likelihood of heat-induced large wildfires in the Mediterranean Basin. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group), 2020, 10.1.


Ribeiro, A. F. S., Russo, A., Gouveia, C. M., Páscoa, P., and Zscheischler, J. (2020) Risk of crop failure due to compound dry and hot extremes estimated with nested copulas. Biogeosciences, 17, 4815–4830


Hertig E., Russo A., Trigo R. M. (2020) Heat and Ozone Pollution Waves in Central and South Europe—Characteristics, Weather Types, and Association with Mortality. Atmosphere 2020, 11(12), 1271


Vieira I., Russo A., Trigo R.M. (2020) Identifying Local-Scale Weather Forcing Conditions Favorable to Generating Iberia’s Largest Fires . Forests 11(5), 547


Péres W.E., Ribeiro A. F. S., Russo A., Nunes B. (2020) The Association between Air Temperature and Mortality in Two Brazilian Health Regions. Climate 8 (1): 16


Geirinhas J.L., Russo A., Libonati R., Trigo R.M., Castro L. C. O., Peres L. F., Magalhães M. A. F. M., Nunes B. (2020) Heat-related mortality at the beginning of the twenty-first century in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. International Journal of Biometeorology


Russo A., Sousa P.M., Durão R.M. Ramos A.M., Salvador P., Linares C., Diaz J., Trigo R.M. (2020) Saharan dust intrusions in the Iberian Peninsula: Predominant synoptic conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 717, 137041, doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137041

2019


Râmoa S., Gouveia C.M., Vieira, I, Páscoa P., Alonso C.., Silva P. O., Russo A. (2019) Impacts of Extreme Climatic Events on the Agricultural and Forestry Systems—Project Impecaf. Proceedings 38 (1): 11


Russo A., Gouveia C.M., Dutra E., Soares P.M.M., Trigo R.M. (2019) The synergy between drought and extremely hot summers in the Mediterranean. Environmental Research Letters, 14(1), 014011, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf09e


Ribeiro, A. F. S., Russo, A., Gouveia, C. M., Páscoa, P., and Pires, C. A. L. (2019) Probabilistic modelling of the dependence between rainfed crops and drought hazard. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2795–2809, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2795-2019


Zhao, Z.; Xi, H.; Russo, A.; Du, H.; Gong, Y.; Xiang, J.; Zhou, Z.; Zhang, J.; Li, C.; Zhou, C. (2019) The influence of multi-scale atmospheric circulation on Severe Haze Events in Autumn and Winter in Shanghai, China. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5979


Alonso, C., Gouveia, C. M., Russo, A., and Páscoa, P. (2019) Crops' exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity to drought occurrence. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2727–2743, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-2727-2019


Lopes M., Russo A., Ferreira F., Gouveia C. (2019) Monitoring of Ultrafine Particles in the Surrounding Urban Area of In-Land Passenger Ferries. Journal of Environmental Protection, 10, 838-860. https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2019.106050


Ribeiro A.F.S., Russo A., Gouveia C.M., Páscoa P. (2019) Copula-based agricultural drought risk of rainfed cropping systems. Agricultural Water Management. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2019.105689


Lopes M., Russo A., Monjardino J., Ferreira F., Gouveia C. , (IF: 2.152, Q1; Atmospheric Science: 26/109), Citações: 0. (2019) Monitoring of the exposure to ultrafine particles in the surrounding urban area of a civilian airport. Atmospheric Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2019.04.002, (IF: 2.152, Q1; Atmospheric Science: 26/109), Citações: 0.


Zhou C., Wei G., Zheng H., Russo A., Li C., Du H., Xiang J. (2019) Effects of potential recirculation on air quality in coastal cities in the Yangtze River Delta. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 651, Part 1, 15 February 2019, Pages 12-23, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.423


Péres W., Russo A., Nunes B. (2019) The Association between Hydro-Meteorological Events and Leptospirosis Hospitalizations in Santa Catarina, Brazil . Water 2019, Volume 11(5), 15 April 2019, 1052. doi:10.3390/w11051052


Russo A., Gouveia C.M., Dutra E., Soares P.M.M., Páscoa P., Trigo R.M. (2019) The synergy between drought and extremely hot summers in the Mediterranean. Environmental Research Letters, Volume 14, 17 January 2019, 014011. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aaf09e

2018


Ribeiro AFS, Russo A, Gouveia CM, Páscoa P (2018) Modelling drought-related yield losses in Iberia using remote sensing and multiscalar indices. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2478-5


Russo A, Gouveia CM, Soares PMM, Cardoso RM, Mendes MT, Trigo RM (2018) The unprecedented 2014 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Portugal: atmospheric driving mechanisms. Int J Biometeorol (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-018-1520-8


Moreira E, Russo A, Trigo RM (2018) Monthly Prediction of Drought Classes Using Log-Linear Models under the Influence of NAO for Early-Warning of Drought and Water Management. Water, Volume 10, Issue 1, https://doi.org/10.3390/w10010065

2017


Diaz J, Linares C, Carmona R, Russo A, Ortiz C, Salvador P, Trigo RM (2017) Saharan dust intrusions in Spain: Health impacts and associated synoptic conditions. Environmental Research Volume 156, July 2017, Pages 455-467, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.03.047


Páscoa P, Gouveia CM, Russo A, Trigo RM (2017) Drought Trends in the Iberian Peninsula over the Last 112 Years. Advances in Meteorology Volume 2017, Article ID 4653126, 13 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4653126


Ana Russo, Célia M. Gouveia, Patrícia Páscoa, Carlos C. Da Camara, Pedro M. Sousa, Ricardo M. Trigo (2017) Assessing the role of drought events on wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.01.021


P. Páscoa, C. M. Gouveia, A. Russo, R. M. Trigo (2017) The role of drought on wheat yield interannual variability in the Iberian Peninsula from 1929 to 2012. Int J Biometeorol, 61:439-451 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-016-1224-x


Ana C. L. Sá, Akli Benali, Paulo M. Fernandes, Renata M. S. Pinto, Ricardo M. Trigo, Michele Salis, Ana Russo, Sonia Jerez, Pedro M. M. Soares, Wilfrid Schroeder, José M.C. Pereira (2017) Evaluating fire growth simulations using satellite active fire data. Remote Sensing of Environment, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.12.023

2016


Russo A., Gouveia C.M., Ilan Levy, Uri Dayan, Jerez S., Mendes M.A., Trigo, R.M. (2016) Coastal recirculation potential affecting air pollutants in Portugal: The role of circulation weather types. Atmospheric Environment .135, 9-19. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.03.039


Liberato M. L. R., Ramos A. M., Gouveia C. M., Sousa P., Russo A., Trigo R.M., Santo F.E. (2017) Exceptionally extreme drought in Madeira Archipelago in 2012: Vegetation impacts and driving conditions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.08.010


Kurz-Besson C., Lousada J. L., Gaspar M. J., Correia I., Soares P. M. M., Cardoso R. M., Russo A., Varino F., Mériaux C., Trigo R.M. and Gouveia C. M. (2016) Effects of Recent Minimum Temperature and Water Deficit Increases on Pinus pinaster Radial Growth and Wood Density in Southern Portugal (special issue "Tree responses to extreme events"). Front Plant Sci. 2016; 7: 1170. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01170.


Gouveia C.M., Páscoa P., Russo A., Trigo, R.M. (2016) Land degradation assessment over Iberia during 1982-2012. Cuadernos de Investigacion Geografica, 42, 89-112. DOI: 10.18172/cig.2945


Benali A., Russo A., Sá A.C.L., Pinto R.M.S., Price O., Koutsias N., Pereira. J.M.C. (2016) Determining Fire Dates and Locating Ignition Points With Satellite. Remote Sensing, 8(4), 326, DOI: 10.3390/rs8040326

2015


Russo A., Gouveia C., Trigo R., Liberato M.L.R., DaCamara C. C. (2015) The influence of circulation weather patterns at different spatial scales on drought variability in the Iberian Peninsula. Front. Environ. Sci. doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00001

2014


Russo A., Lind P. G., Raischel F., Trigo R., Mendes M. (2014) Neural network forecast of daily pollution concentration using optimal meteorological data at synoptic and local scales. Atmospheric Pollution Research 6 (2015) 540?549  doi: 10.5094/APR.2015.060


Trigo R.M., Varino F., Ramos A.M., Valente M.A., Zêzere J.L., Vaquero J.M., Gouveia C.M., Russo A. (2014) The record precipitation and flood event in Iberia in December 1876: description and synoptic analysis. Frontiers Environmental Sciences, 2:3, DOI: 10.3389/feart.2014.00003


Russo A., Trigo R.M., Martins H., Mendes M.T. (2014) NO2, PM10 and O3 urban concentrations and its association with circulation weather types in Portugal. Atmospheric Environment, 89, 768-785. DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.010 EID: 2-s2.0-84896497817

2013


Russo A., Soares A.O. (2013) Hybrid Model for Urban Air Pollution Forecasting: A Stochastic Spatio-Temporal Approach. Mathematical Geosciences46, Issue 1, 75-93


Russo A., Raischel F., Lind P.G. (2013) Air quality prediction using optimal neural networks with stochastic variables. Atmospheric Environment, 79, 822-830

2012


Raischel F., Russo A., Haase M., Kleinhans D., Lind P.G. (2012) Searching for optimal variables in real multivariate stochastic data. Physics Letters A 376, 2081-2089

2010


Russo A.; Soares A.; Pereira M.J., Trigo R.M. (2010) Joint Space-Time Geostatistical Model for Air Quality Surveillance/Monitoring System. Geoenv Vii - Geostatistics For Environmental Applications Volume: 16 Pages: 173-185. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2322-3_16

2008


Russo A., Soares A., Pereira M.J., Trigo, R.M. (2008) Geostatistical model for air quality surveillance/monitoring.. in Ortiz, J.M., Emery, X. (eds.), Geostatistics Santiago 2008, University of Chile - Santiago, Chile, pp. 841-850.


Russo A., Trigo R., Soares A. (2008) Stochastic modelling applied to air quality space-time characterization. . geoENV VI-Geostatistics for Environmental Applications. Soares A., Pereira M.J., Dimitrakopoulos R. (Eds.). Springer, 83–93.

2005


Russo A., Nunes C., Bio A. (2005) Air quality models resulting from multi-source emissions.. Geostatistics for Environmental Applications. Renard, P. (Eds), Springer, 185-196


Russo A., Nunes C., Bio A., Pereira M., Soares A. (2005) Air quality assessment using stochastic simulation and neural networks.. Geostatistics Banff. Leuangthong O. and Deutsch C.V. (Eds), Springer, 797–807.