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Ana Filipa Ascenso

PhD Student

Author Name : Ascenso A.
Doctoral Programme: Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Thesis title: Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: impact on heat island effect and air quality
Supervisor: Ana Isabel Miranda

Researcher ID: V-3797-2018
ORCID: 0000-0002-0244-7231
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Department: Environment and Planning
Research Group: Atmospheric Processes & Modelling (APM)

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ascenso.a@ua.pt
22642
www.cesam.ua.pt/ascenso

Research interests

- Air quality
- Air quality modeling
- Climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Urban sustainability
- Nature-based solutions

Academic degrees

2018 to ongoing - PhD on Environmental Sciences and Engineering
2012 to 2017 - Integrated Master in Environmental Engineering, University of Aveiro

Scientific activities

Research Scholarship in the scope of the UnaLab - Urban Nature Labs project (https://www.unalab.eu/)
Research Scholarship in the scope of the DOUROZONE project (http://dourozone.web.ua.pt/)
Assessment and forecast of air quality in Portugal: protocol between the University of Aveiro and the Portuguese Environment Agency (team member, 2017)
CRUP / DAAD Integrated Action A31 / 16 "Investigation of aerosol episodes using air quality modeling with data assimilation and data fusion techniques" (team member, 2017)

Others

Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics – Summer Course | Forschungszentrum Jülich
Language course in Academic English | University of Aveiro

Publications

WoS Papers (8) Other Papers (2) Books (1) Book Chapter (3) Thesis (1) Communications (16) Other Publications (0) Reports (0)

Ascenso A., Gama C., Blanco-Ward D., Monteiro A., Silveira C., Viceto C., Rodrigues V., Rocha A., Borrego C., Lopes M., Miranda A.I. (2021) Assessing Douro Vineyards Exposure to Tropospheric Ozone. Atmosphere, 12 , (2), . See more

V. Rodrigues, C. Gama, A. Ascenso, K. Oliveira, S. Coelho, A. Monteiro, E. Hayes, M. Lopes (2021) Assessing air pollution in European cities to support a citizen centered approach to air quality management. Science Of The Total Environment, 799 . See more

Ascenso, A., Gama, C., Silveira, C., Viceto, C., Rocha, A., Lopes, M., Miranda, A.I. (2021) Ozone Effects on Douro Vineyards under Climate Change. Atmosphere, 12 , (10), . See more

Ascenso A., Augusto B., Silveira C., Rafael S., Coelho S., Monteiro A., Ferreira J., Menezes I., Roebeling P., Miranda A.I. (2021) Impacts of nature-based solutions on the urban atmospheric environment: a case study for Eindhoven, The Netherlands. URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, 57 . See more

Rafael S., Augusto B., Ascenso A., Borrego C., Miranda A.I. (2020) Re-Naturing Cities: Evaluating the effects on future air quality in the city of Porto. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 222 . See more

Augusto B., Roebeling P., Rafael S., Ferreira J., Ascenso A., Bodilis C. (2020) Short and medium- to long-term impacts of nature-based solutions on urban heat. SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY, 57 . See more

Gama C., Ribeiro I., Lange A.C., Vogel A., Ascenso A., Seixasa V., Elbern H., Borrego C., Friese E., Monteiro A. (2019) Performance assessment of CHIMERE and EURAD-IM' dust modules. ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RESEARCH, 10 , (4), 1336-1346. See more

Sorte S., Rodrigues V., Ascenso A., Freitas S., Valente J., Monteiro A., Borrego C. (2018) Numerical and physical assessment of control measures to mitigate fugitive dust emissions from harbor activities. AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH, 11 , (5), 493-504. See more

Ascenso, A., Augusto, B., Silveira, C., Rafael, S., Coelho, S., Monteiro, A., Ferreira, J., Menezes, I., Roebeling, P., Miranda, A.I., (2020) Impacts of nature-based solutions on the urban atmospheric environment: a case study for Eindhoven, The Netherlands. . Urban For. Urban Green., . See more

Ana Isabel Miranda, Ana Ascenso, Carlos Silveira, Daniel Blanco-Ward, Carla Gama, Alexandra Monteiro, Carolina Viceto, Alfredo Rocha Avaliação da exposição da vinha duriense ao ozono em clima presente e futuro . CAPTAR, 2019 , (2), 1-12. See more

(2018) DOUROZONE | RISCO DE EXPOSIÇÃO AO OZONO PARA A VINHA DURIENSE EM CLIMA ATUAL E FUTURO. Ana Isabel Miranda, António Ribeiro, Alfredo Rocha, Alexandra Monteiro. (EDS.), UA Editora - Universidade de Aveiro. . 978-972-789-552-6. See more

Arnbjerg-Nielsen K, Baldacchini C, Connop S, Dubovik M, Fermoso J, Hölscher K, Nadim F, Pilla F, Renaud F, Rhodes ML, San José E, Sánchez R, Skodra J, Tacnet J-M, Zulian G [Ascenso A, Coelho S, Miranda AI, as contributing authors] (2021) Indicators of NBS Performance and Impact. In: Evaluating the impact of nature-based solutions: A Handbook for Practitioners. Dumitru A, Wendling L. (EDS.), Brussels, Luxembourg. Publications Office of the European Union. 114-176. See more

ANA ASCENSO, CARLA GAMA, PETER ROEBELING, ANA ISABEL MIRANDA (2021) HOW EFFECTIVE ARE NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS?. In: Air Pollution XXIX. J. J Casares-Long, J. Barnes. (EDS.), 252 3-14. 978-1-78466-439-8. See more

Ana Isabel Miranda, Ana Ascenso, Carla Gama, Daniel Blanco-Ward, Alexandra Monteiro, Carlos Silveira, Carolina Viceto Alfredo Rocha, Diogo Lopes, Myriam Lopes, Carlos Borrego (2019) Ozone Risk for Douro Vineyards in Present and Future Climates. In: Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXVI. Mensink C., Gong W., Hakami A.. (EDS.), Springer Proceedings in Complexity.. . 978-3-030-22054-9. See more

Ascenso, A. (2017) Avaliação da exposição das vinhas durienses ao ozono troposférico . . See more

Rodrigues V., Gama C., Ascenso A., Oliveira K., Coelho S., Monteiro A., Hayes,E. ., Lopes M. (2021) Temporal patterns and trends of air pollution over distinct European urban areas. European Geosciences Union -EGU General Assembly 2021, 19–30 April 2021, Online. See more

Ana Ascenso, Florian Couvidat, Carla Gama, Augustin Colette, Alexandra Monteiro (2019) How dust episodes can influence ozone peaks?. 27th GLOREAM Workshop (GLObal and REgional Atmospheric Modelling), 2019, SMHI. See more

Ana Ascenso, Ana Isabel Miranda, Carla Gama, Daniel Blanco-Ward, Carlos Silveira, Carolina Viceto, Alfredo Rocha, Alexandra Monteiro (2018) Avaliação da exposição da vinha duriense ao ozono troposférico. CIALP - Conferência Internacional de Ambiente em Língua Portuguesa, 8-10 May 2018, Aveiro, Portugal. See more

Miranda A. I., Ascenso A., Gama C., Blanco-Ward D., Monteiro A., Silveira C., Viceto C., Rocha A., Lopes M. and Borrego C. (2018) Ozone risk for Douro vineyards in present and future climates. 36th International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application, 14-18 May 2018, Ottawa, Canada. See more

Gama C., Monteiro A., Ascenso A., Tchepel O., Pio C., Borrego C. (2018) Episódios de poeiras do deserto e sua influência na qualidade do ar em Portugal. Conferência Internacional de Ambiente em Língua Portuguesa, 8-10 Maio 2018, Aveiro, Portugal. See more

Rodrigues V., Sorte S., Coelho S., Rafael S., Ascenso A., Lopes M., Miranda A.I., Borrego C. (2018) Modelling the potential of green infrastructures to reduce the impact of climate change on air quality at microscale. 36th International Technical Meeting on air pollution modelling and its application (ITM), 14th-18th May 2018, Ottawa, Canada. See more

Ana Ascenso, Ana Isabel Miranda, Carla Gama, Alexandra Monteiro, Carlos Silveira (2017) Assessing Douro vineyards exposure to tropospheric ozone . 26th GLOREAM Workshop (GLObal and REgional Atmospheric Modelling), 2017, Institute for meteorology, Free University Berlin, Berlin, Germany. See more

Ribeiro, I., Gama, C., Friese, E., Alexa, A., Willmes, C., Lange, A.C., Vogel, A, Ascenso, A., Elbern, H., Borrego, C., Monteiro, A. (2017) Studying a dust episode over Portugal with two different models. 26th GLOREAM Workshop, , Berlim, Alemanha. See more

Nadais, H., Ascenso, A., Gameiro, T., Capela, I. (2016) Uso de software de simulação no ensino da Engenharia do Ambiente: o caso da UC Infraestruturas Ambientais – II. Theaching Day, , Universidade de Aveiro. See more

Sorte S., Rodrigues V., Ascenso A., Borrego C., Monteiro, A. Emissions from maritime and harbour activities impacting the air quality over the urban area around port of Leixões. Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes (HARMO18), 9-12 October 2017, Bologna. See more

Ascenso, A., Miranda, A.I. and Roebeling, P.C. Direct and indirect impacts of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: urban heat island, air quality and urban sprawl. Research Summit , 3-5 July 2019, Aveiro, Portugal. See more

Ascenso A., Rafael S., Augusto B., Borrego C., Miranda A.I. Re-Naturing cities and its effects on future air quality in the city of Porto. Renaturing Cities: Interdisciplinary Summer School, 30 Set - 4 Out, Malta. See more

Ascenso A., Augusto B., Silveira C., Rafael S., Coelho S., Monteiro A., Ferreira J., Roebeling P., Miranda A.I. Impacts of nature-based solutions on the urban atmospheric environment: a case study for Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Green Urbanism, 11-13 December 2019, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.. See more

Ascenso A., Augusto B., Silveira C., Rafael S., Coelho S., Ferreira J., Monteiro A., Roebeling P., Miranda A.I. Testing Nature-Based Solutions for Air Quality Improvement: Eindhoven Case Study. International Conference on Air Pollution, Air Quality and Management, 2018, Switzerland. See more

Ascenso, A., Miranda, A.I. and Roebeling, P.C. Nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation: impact on heat island effect and air quality. Research Summit , July, 2020, Aveiro, Portugal. See more

Projects

In Progress (0) Concluded (2)

GENESIS - Green roofs and walls ENvironmental Economic and SocIal Savings: Modelling uncertainty and investors / users preferences in all-inclusive cost-benefit analysis of green roofs and walls See more

UNaLab - Urban Nature Labs See more

Scientific Supervision

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