Oldedalen (Norway)
Joan Albert LOPEZ-BUSTINS
Grup de Climatologia
Universitat de Barcelona
Oldedalen (Norway)
Joan Albert LOPEZ-BUSTINS
Grup de Climatologia
Universitat de Barcelona
Scientific
leadership potential
Rainfall
variability, atmospheric circulation patterns, climatic teleconnection indices,
solar activity influence on climate, polar vortex and the role of the
stratosphere in medium-range weather forecast are the keywords of Lopez-Bustins
research in physical and earth sciences.
Lopez-Bustins
started his scientific career at the University of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)
in 2003 as a PhD fellow supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and
Science (2003-2006). He joined the Group of Climatology. His research has been
mainly focussed on topics related to rainfall variability over the
In
2007, Lopez-Bustins achieved his PhD in Physical Geography. In the meantime, he
studied two masters on Applied Climatology and Geographical Information Systems
(GIS) in the same university.
Subsequently,
he got involved in a project about the impacts of the climate change on water
resources in Mediterranean watersheds at the Centre for Ecological Research and
Forestry Applications (Autonomous University of Barcelona). He was the technical
co-coordinator of the project during the 2008-2009 period. In October 2009, he
got a position as Junior Lecturer in the Physical Geography Department at the
He
studied the rainfall variability since 2003. Nowadays, he is involved in three
national projects in several universities to study causes and impacts of the
rainfall variability according to climate change.
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Scientific
achievements
His main
achievement is the definition of a new teleconnection pattern over the
Western Mediterranean in order to study the pluviometric variability and
torrential frequency in eastern
His PhD
thesis was entitled “The
Western Mediterranean Oscillation and Rainfall in the Catalan Countries”.
It was published in two monographs (Catalan and English versions) and
five papers in international journals included in the Journal Citation
Report. The thesis obtained the PhD Extraordinary prize in the Physical
Geography Department and the PhD European mention from the Faculty of
Geography and History.
During
the last years he developed the Western
Mediterranean Oscillation (WeMO). The WeMO is a new regional
teleconnection pattern. It is defined in order to account for the
pluviometric variability in areas of the Iberian Peninsula subjected to
a weak influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), such as the
Catalan Countries (eastern
He also
studied the role of the stratosphere with regard to its influence on
WeMO variability. He attempted to determine which factors interact with
the stratospheric polar vortex in order to predict certain atmospheric
circulation patterns at surface level after a few weeks. Among these
factors he highlighted the 11-year sunspot cycle, the Quasi-Biennial
Oscillation (QBO), the Niño, volcanoes and greenhouse gasses.
During
the 2008-2009 period, he worked on a hydrological model (Soil and Water
Assessment Tool) by means of GIS techniques to assess the impact of
climate change on water resources in
Achievement
track-record
Publications
in international journals included in the SCI (6)
González-Hidalgo,
J.C., Lopez-Bustins, J.A., Stepanek, P., Martin-Vide, J. and
de Luis, M. (2009): Monthly precipitation trends on the
Mediterranean fringe of the
LOPEZ-BUSTINS,
J.A., MARTIN-VIDE, J. and SANCHEZ-LORENZO, A. (2008): Iberia
winter rainfall trends based upon changes in teleconnection and
circulation patterns. Global and Planetary Change 63 (2-3): 171-176.
AZORIN-MOLINA,
C. and LOPEZ-BUSTINS, J.A. (2008): An automated sea breeze
selection technique based on regional sea-level pressure difference:
WeMOi. International Journal of Climatology 28 (12): 1681-1692.
LOPEZ-BUSTINS,
J.A., ESTEBAN, P., LABITZKE, K. and LANGEMATZ, U. (2007): The Role of
the Stratosphere in
MARTIN-VIDE,
J. and LOPEZ-BUSTINS, J.A. (2006): The Western Mediterranean
Oscillation and rainfalll in the Iberian Peninsula. International Journal of Climatology 26 (11): 1455-1475.
AZORÍN-MOLINA,
C., LOPEZ-BUSTINS, J.A. (2004): Catálogo sinóptico manual y
causas atmosféricas de la precipitación en la provincia de Alicante.
Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles 38: 279-310.
Participation
in Research Projects (8)
Consolidated
research group: Grup de Climatologia of the
ACCUA
(Adaptations to Climate Change on the Water Use). Fundació Obra Social
de Caixa Catalunya, 2008-2010.
RECABA:
Estructura diaria de la precipitación en Cataluña y sus conexiones
mediterráneas. Ministry of Science and Innovation of
ANCESTRAL:
Análisis dinámico
Assessment
of the climate change effects on the Costa Brava (
IPIBEX
Project:
Análisis de la irregularidad pluviométrica a diferentes escalas
temporales en la Península Ibérica y Baleares y sus conexiones
regionales. Ministry of Education and Science of
RIMARC
Project:
Red Ibérica Mediterránea para el Análisis de Riesgos Climáticos.
Ministry of Education and Science of
REN
Project:
Análisis de la irregularidad pluviométrica a diferentes escalas
temporales en la Península Ibérica y Baleares y sus conexiones
regionales. Ministry of Science and Technology of
Other
records
9 articles published in peer-reviewed journals not included in the SCI
10 book chapters
2 scientific monographs
28
communications presented in scientific meetings
About 200
teaching hours per year in master, graduate, postgraduate and
specialization courses since 2009
3
scientific communication awards
