Short Vita

2021 Ph.D. in Civil Engenieering: Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal 

Dissertation focused on hydrological extremes, climate variability, and teleconnection-driven rainfall analysis in Portugal and North Atlantic islands

2016 Erasmus Mundus Master's in Ecohydrology, Kiel University (Germany), Universidade do Algarve (Portugal), and Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Brazil)

2013 Master in Water and Environmental Management, University of Bristol (United Kingdom)

2010 Bachelor in Civil Engineering: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico

 

Publikationen

Espinosa, L. A., & Portela, M. M. (2025). Red-Hot Portugal: Mapping the Increasing Severity of Exceptional Maximum Temperature Events (1980–2024). Atmosphere, 16(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16050514

Espinosa, L. A., Portela, M. M., & Ocampo-Guerrero, N. (2024). Beyond Temperature Peaks: The Growing Persistence and Intensity of Tmin and Tmax Heatwaves in Portugal’s Changing Climate (1980/1981–2022/2023). Atmosphere, 15(12), 1485. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15121485

Espinosa, L. A., Portela, M. M., & Gharbia, S. (2024). Assessing Changes in Exceptional Rainfall in Portugal Using ERA5-Land Reanalysis Data (1981/1982–2022/2023). Water, 16(5), 628. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16050628

Espinosa, L. A., Portela, M. M., Moreira Freitas, L. M., & Gharbia, S. (2023). Addressing the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Heatwaves in Portugal with a Validated ERA5-Land Dataset (1980–2021). Water, 15(17), 3102. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15173102

Espinosa, L. A., & Portela, M. M. (2022). Grid-Point Rainfall Trends, Teleconnection Patterns, and Regionalised Droughts in Portugal (1919–2019). Water, 14(12), 1863. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14121863

Espinosa, L. A., Portela, M. M., Matos, J. P., & Gharbia, S. (2022). Climate Change Trends in a European Coastal Metropolitan Area: Rainfall, Temperature, and Extreme Events (1864–2021). Atmosphere, 13(12), 1995. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13121995

Espinosa, L. A., Portela, M. M., Pontes Filho, J. D., & Zelenakova, M. (2021). Bivariate Modelling of a Teleconnection Index and Extreme Rainfall in a Small North Atlantic Island. Climate, 9(5), 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9050086

Espinosa, L. A., & Portela, M. M. (2020). Rainfall Trends Over a Small Island Teleconnected to the North Atlantic Oscillation – The Case of Madeira Island, Portugal. Water Resources Management, 34(14), 4449–4467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-020-02668-4