MAP-Fis Research Conference

Session

Climate and Environment (Chair: Alfredo Rocha, UA)

2 Oct 2026, 11:25

on-line

199. Tropical Cyclones in the Mozambique Channel: Present Variability, Climate Drivers and Implications for Early Warning Systems

Mr Isildo Gomes (Department of Physics & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal)

02/10/2026, 11:45

Contributed Talk (20 minutes)

Southern Africa is highly exposed to multiple climate extremes, including tropical cyclones (TCs), floods, droughts and heatwaves. In particular, TCs within the Mozambique Channel (MC) domain impose recurrent humanitarian and economic costs. Moreover, objective evaluations of automated TC screening algorithms in this region are still lacking. Hence, there is a clear need to develop, implement...

211. Atmosphere-fire coupled wildfire modelling under climate change scenarios, using WRF-SFIRE.

Ricardo Vaz

02/10/2026, 12:05

Contributed Talk (20 minutes)

Studying climate change impacts on wildfires has become key in recent decades, as climate linked extreme wildfire events have been occurring more often across southern Europe. Employing atmosphere-fire modelling frameworks that combine landscape characterization of fuels connected to atmospheric feedbacks, allows us to determine how certain weather conditions can affect a wildfire progression...

209. Analysis of the aerosol atmospheric rivers affecting the Iberian Peninsula

Diogo Luís (University of Aveiro)

02/10/2026, 12:25

Contributed Talk (20 minutes)