
Ernesto Pasten Zapata
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
ernesto.pasten@uef.fi | +358 50 479 2064
I am interested in hydrological modelling and the assessment of climate change impacts on the water resources. Additionally, I am interested on quantifying the uncertainty of the different sources, including hydrological models, climate models, bias-correction methods, scenarios, etc.
I joined UEF in summer 2021 for a 3-year postdoc position. During these three years I will assess different uncertainties that impact the assessment of climate change impacts for different sites in Europe.
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2018 – PhD in Physical Geography (University of Sheffield, UK)
2009 – MSc in Engineering (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
2006 – BEng in Chemical Engineering (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
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2020-2021: Postdoctoral researcher, Catalan Institute of Water Research (Spain)
2018 – 2020: Postdoctoral researcher, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (Denmark)
2009-2013: Research assistant, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico)
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Pastén-Zapata, E., Pimentel, R., Royer-Gaspard, P., Sonnenborg, T. O., Aparicio-Ibañez, J., Lemoine, A., Pérez-Palazón, M. J., Schneider, R., Photiadou, C., Thirel, G., Refsgaard, J. C. 2022. Weighting hydrological projections based on the hydrological model simulation skill under a changing climate. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101113
Pastén-Zapata, E., Eberhat, T., Jensen, K., Refsgaard, Sonnenborg, T.O. 2022. Towards a more robust evaluation of climate model and hydrological impact uncertainties. Water Resources Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-022-03212-2
Pimentel, R., Photiadou, C., Little, L., Huber, A., Lemoine, A., Leidinger D., Lira-Loarca, A., Lückenkötter, J., Pastén-Zapata, E. 2022. Improving the usability of climate services for the water sector: The AQUACLEW experience. Climate Services 28, 100329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2022.100329
Sebok, E., Henriksen, H.J., Pastén-Zapata, E., Berg, P., Thirel, G., Lemoine, A., Lira-Loarca, A., Photiadou, C., et al. 2022. Expert elicitation to assess uncertainty in climate services for the water sector. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 5605–5625. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-5605-2022.
Llanos-Paez, O., Verdura, L., Pastén-Zapata, E., Boithias, L., Jorda-Capdevila,D., Sabater., S., Acuna, V. (2022) Spatial and temporal patterns of flow intermittency in a Mediterranean basin using the SWAT+ model. Hydrological Sciences Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2155523.
Henriksen, H.J., Jakobsen, A., Pastén-Zapata, E., Troldborg, L., Sonnenborg, T.O. 2021: Assessing the impacts of climate change on hydrological regimes and ecological flow by hydrological modelling. Journal of Hydrology, Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100798
Pastén-Zapata, E., Jones, J., Moggridge, H., Widmann, M. 2020. Evaluation of the performance of Euro-CORDEX Regional Climate Models for assessing hydrological climate change impacts in Great Britain: a comparison of different spatial resolutions and quantile mapping bias correction methods. Journal of Hydrology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124653
Pastén-Zapata, E., Sonnenborg, T.O., Refsgaard, J.C. 2019. Climate change: Sources of uncertainty in precipitation and temperature projections for Denmark. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 43, e2019430102. https://doi.org/10.34194/GEUSB-201943-01-02
Ledesma-Ruiz R., Pastén-Zapata E., Parra R., Harter T., Mahlknecht J. 2015. Investigation of the geochemical evolution of groundwater under agricultural land: a case study in northeastern Mexico.: Journal of Hydrology, 521, 410-423.
Pastén-Zapata E., Ledesma-Ruiz R., Harter T., Ramírez A. I., Mahlknecht J. 2014. Assessment of sources and fate of nitrate in shallow groundwater of an agricultural area by using a multi-tracer approach. Science of the Total Environment,470, 855-864.
Publications
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Improving the usability of climate services for the water sector: The AQUACLEW experience
Pimentel, Rafael; Photiadou, Christiana; Little, Lorna; Huber, Andreas; Lemoine, Anthony; Leidinger, David; Lira-Loarca, Andrea; Lückenkötter, Johannes; Pasten-Zapata, Ernesto. 2022. Climate services. 28: -
The effect of weighting hydrological projections based on the robustness of hydrological models under a changing climate
Pastén-Zapata, Ernesto; Pimentel, Rafael; Royer-Gaspard, Paul; Sonnenborg, Torben O.; Aparicio-Ibañez, Javier; Lemoine, Anthony; Pérez-Palazón, María José; Schneider, Raphael; Photiadou, Christiana; Thirel, Guillaume; Refsgaard, Jens Christian. 2022. Journal of hydrology : regional studies. 41: -
Towards a More Robust Evaluation of Climate Model and Hydrological Impact Uncertainties
Pastén-Zapata, E; Eberhart, T; Jensen, KH; Refsgaard, JC; Sonnenborg, TO. 2022. Water resources management. 36: 3545-3560 -
Use of expert elicitation to assign weights to climate and hydrological models in climate impact studies
Sebok, Eva; Henriksen, Hans Jørgen; Pastén-Zapata, Ernesto; Berg, Peter; Thirel, Guillaume; Lemoine, Anthony; Lira-Loarca, Andrea; Photiadou, Christiana; Pimentel, Rafael; Royer-Gaspard, Paul; Kjellström, Erik; Christensen, Jens Hesselbjerg; Vidal, Jean Philippe; Lucas-Picher, Philippe; Donat, Markus G.; Besio, Giovanni; Polo, María José; Stisen, Simon; Caballero, Yvan; Pechlivanidis, Ilias G.; Troldborg, Lars; Refsgaard, Jens Christian. 2022. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26: 5605-5625