Dr. Luis Jose Mata

 
 
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Area of Specialization

Environmental Science, Climate Change

 

 

Department Ecology and Natural Resource Management
Current Research Topics

Senior fellow responsible for Climate Change activities.
Impact of Sea level rise in Agriculture on Tropical Deltaic Systems.
Modelling Persistence of Hydrological Time Series.
Impact of Climate Change in Latin America (Chapter 14).
Coordinator Lead Author of WGII-IPCC Third Assessment Report.
Review Editor of Chapter 13 of WGI-IPCC-TAR.
Coordinator Lead Author of WGII-IPCC Forth Assessment Report (Chapter 3: Fresh Water Resources and their Management).
IPCC Co-Anchor of the cross-cutting theme "Water".

Further Research Topics

Construction of Scenarios for Impact Assessments on Natural Resources.
Theoretical Approach to Social Structure and Changes in Developing Countries.

Contacts / Partners / Funding Institutions

Universidad Central de Venezuela, ZEFc, IPCC Data Distribution Center, IAI

Publications

Mata, L.J., 2003: Advancing our understanding of Climate Change and Water related problems: An Overview. Proceeding of the World Climate Change Conference (WCCC 2003), Moscow, Russia.

Kundzewicz Z.W. and L.J. Mata, 2003: A Concept Paper on Water and Climate Change (IPCC)

Seoane R.S., J.B. Valdes and L.J. Mata: Detection of Climate Change in Streamflow of Patagonian Basins, WMO/TD-No.1172, Sep, 2003, pp 214-217. (Paper)

Mata, L.J., M. Rusticucci, S, Solman, J.B. Valdes, 2003: Extreme events and observed regional (South America) trends: A preliminary review. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Climate Change (ISCC 2003), Beijing, China.

Mata, L.J., 2002: Models projections and types of extremes needs for impacts studies. In: IPCC Workshop Report on Changes in Extreme Weather and Climate Events, Beijing, China, page 58.

van de Giesen, N. and L.J. Mata, 2002: Comparison of the Hurst exponent of historical and GCMs rainfall time series, Hydrology Days 2002, Fort Collins Colorado, page 32.

Moore III, B., W.L.Gates, L.J.Mata, and A. Undernal, 2001: Advancing our Understanding. In: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. [Houghton, J.T, et al, (eds)]. Cambridge University Press, pages 769-785. (Chapter)

Mata L.J., M. Campos, E.Basso, R. Compagnucci, P. Fearnside, G. Magrin, J. Marengo, A, R. Moreno, A. Suarez, S. Solman, A. Villamizar, L. Viller, 2001: Latin America. In: Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. [McCarthy et al, (eds)]. Cambridge University Press, pages 693-734.

van de Giesen N., Mata L.J., Döll P., Hoekstra A., Pfeffer M., Ramirez J.A., 2000, Modelling Water Availability: Scaling Issues in Understanding the Earth System: Compartments, Process and Interactions (E.Ehlers and T. Krafft, eds), Springer Verlag, pp. 245-253.

Dixon R., Smith J., Mata L.J., Brown S., Masera O., Bushka I., 1999, Simulation of Forest System Response and Feedbacks to Global Change, Special Edition of Journal of Ecological Modelling (Abstract)

Canziani, Diaz and Mata L.J., 1997, The Regional Impact of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability for Latin America, editors: Watson R et al, Cambridge University Press, pages 186-230.

Mata L.J., 1996, A Study of Climate Change Impacts on the Forest of Venezuela. In Adapting to Climate Change: Assessment and Issues, editors: Smith Joel et al. Springer Verlag, pages 347-358.

Perdomo M, Olivo M, Bonduki Y, Mata L.J., 1996, Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment for Venezuela, Chapter 17 in Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change, editors Smith, Huq, Lenhart, Mata , Nemesova and Toure, Kluwer Academic Publisher, pages 347-366.

Hul S, Mata L.J, Nemesova I, Toure S, 1996, Regional Analysis of Climate Change, Chapter 4 in Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change, editors Smith et al, Kluwer Academic Publisher, pages 69-108.

 
   
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